Postcode · Ashford
Crime in TN23 5GL
How much crime is recorded in TN23 5GL, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Washford & Stanhope
- Council
- Ashford
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,691 (2024)
TN23 5GLAshford
How safe is TN23 5GL
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 20.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the TN23 5GL 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
20.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
45
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 5GLNational
Violence and sexual offences18.323.6
Anti-social behaviour10.210.7
Burglary8.29.1
Criminal damage and arson6.04.7
Drugs2.92.4
Other crime2.51.5
Other theft2.44.5
Public order0.54.6
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 65% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.