Total Crime Rate
17.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
5.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hoxton Close area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 55 local areas in Beaver , and the 41st 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 Hoxton Close (TN23 5LS) in the last 12 months was 17.7 per 1,000 residents and was 77.2% lower than the Beaver average (77.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violent crimes with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 5.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hoxton Close (TN23 5LS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hoxton Close (14 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 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dragonfly Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Askes Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradbridge Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradbridge Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Orchard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dragonfly Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dragonfly Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Bulrushes | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hoxton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Strouts Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Longacre Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hoxton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
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