Postcode · Ashford
Crime in TN25 4LS
How much crime is recorded in TN25 4LS, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Charing, Pluckley & Challock
- Council
- Ashford
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,368 (2024)
How safe is TN25 4LS
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 20.1 offences per 1,000 people a year in the TN25 4LS 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
20.1
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
56
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).
TN25 4LSNational
Anti-social behaviour16.010.7
Violence and sexual offences14.823.6
Criminal damage and arson12.34.7
Other theft3.94.5
Burglary3.59.1
Vehicle crime2.83.5
Other crime2.01.5
Possession of weapons1.50.9
Drugs1.52.4
Public order0.04.6
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 20% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.