Total Crime Rate

67.0 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 67.0 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.7 5/10
  • Other crime 8.0 9/10
  • Other theft 5.4 5/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Public order 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

School Hill area has the 16th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Bircholt , and the 141st highest crime rate of 393 local areas in Ashford .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around School Hill (CT4 8DE) in the last 12 months was 67.0 per 1,000 residents and was 136.7% higher than the Bircholt average (28.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 24.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around School Hill (CT4 8DE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 6 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Herons Close (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in School Hill area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Herons Close Action to be taken by another organisation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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