Total Crime Rate
26.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
12.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cuckoo Lane area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 55 local areas in Beaver , and the 92nd lowest crime rate of 394 local areas in Ashford .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cuckoo Lane (TN23 5DB) in the last 12 months was 26.9 per 1,000 residents and was 65.2% lower than the Beaver average (77.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 12.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -87.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cuckoo Lane (TN23 5DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Maypits (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ashford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Maypits | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pollard Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pollard Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pollard Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maypits | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maypits | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maypits | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Maypits | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frinsted Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maypits | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Athol Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bredgar Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cryol Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Adisham Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leaveland Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Aragon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hawks Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Aragon Close | — |
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