Postcode · Ashford
Crime in TN23 3TP
How much crime is recorded in TN23 3TP, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Great Chart, Bethersden & Woodchurch
- Council
- Ashford
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,496 (2024)
TN23 3TPAshford
How safe is TN23 3TP
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 20.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the TN23 3TP area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
20.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
43
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
TN23 3TPNational
Violence and sexual offences16.723.6
Anti-social behaviour9.110.7
Burglary5.29.1
Other theft4.94.5
Criminal damage and arson3.44.7
Other crime2.81.5
Vehicle crime2.03.5
Public order1.54.6
Drugs1.12.4
Bicycle theft0.81.0
Possession of weapons0.10.9
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.