Total Crime Rate

123.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 123.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 74.2 9/10
  • Other theft 16.5 9/10
  • Other crime 8.2 9/10
  • Drugs 5.5 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.5 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.8 1/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Public order 2.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Cheesemans Green Lane area has the 7th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Bircholt , and the 55th highest crime rate of 393 local areas in Ashford .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cheesemans Green Lane (TN25 7EX) in the last 12 months was 123.6 per 1,000 residents and was 336.7% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 82.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 88.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cheesemans Green Lane (TN25 7EX), the main crime hotspot is near Southdown Close. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cheesemans Green Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broadview Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dorset Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dorset Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jacobs Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scotney Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scotney Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beltex Place
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Emmetts Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bodiam Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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