Total Crime Rate
96.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Courthope Avenue area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Frant & Wadhurst , and the 51st highest crime rate of 493 local areas in Wealden .
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 Courthope Avenue (TN5 6BP) in the last 12 months was 96.3 per 1,000 residents and was 156.5% higher than the Frant & Wadhurst average (37.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 55.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Courthope Avenue (TN5 6BP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sports/Recreation Area (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Frant & Wadhurst| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Watts Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Snape View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Snape View | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Snape View | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Snape View | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Snape View | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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