TN23
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Ashford, Stanhope and Brookfield, in Ashford.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an TN23 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In TN23, 92.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How TN23 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is TN23 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in TN23 at a rate of 98.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.6 per 1,000 people across TN.
In August 2026 alone, 481 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in TN23.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,627), anti-social behaviour (1,009) and other crime (700).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in TN23 was 99.9 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in TN23, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so TN23 has no single figure. Of its 26 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in TN23
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashford 005B | 1,467 | 58.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| Ashford 005E | 2,517 | 97.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| Ashford 005F | 1,385 | 221.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 69.5% |
| Ashford 005G | 1,299 | 610.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 82.9% |
| Ashford 007A | 1,472 | 100.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Ashford 007B | 2,177 | 69.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.3% |
| Ashford 007C | 1,432 | 44.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Ashford 007D | 1,347 | 64.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 90.8% |
| Ashford 007E | 1,903 | 100.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| Ashford 007F | 1,709 | 120.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 88.5% |
| Ashford 008A | 1,820 | 84.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.9% |
| Ashford 008B | 1,730 | 121.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.2% |
| Ashford 008C | 2,044 | 85.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.0% |
| Ashford 008E | 2,026 | 42.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.1% |
| Ashford 008F | 1,627 | 50.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.6% |
| Ashford 009A | 1,592 | 305.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 86.4% |
| Ashford 009B | 1,266 | 38.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Ashford 009D | 2,015 | 70.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.6% |
| Ashford 009H | 1,524 | 22.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Ashford 009I | 1,753 | 35.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.3% |
| Ashford 012E | 1,904 | 34.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.5% |
| Ashford 012F | 2,100 | 61.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 85.3% |
| Ashford 016A | 3,002 | 39.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 88.4% |
| Ashford 016B | 2,533 | 81.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 88.1% |
| Ashford 016C | 1,842 | 61.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 86.4% |
| Ashford 016D | 1,467 | 102.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.3% |
MPs for TN23
- Sojan JosephLabourMP for Ashford90% of TN23’s postcodes
- Katie LamConservativeMP for Weald of Kent10% of TN23’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in TN235
Postcode sectors in TN238
Council1
Towns in TN231
Postcode districts next to TN233
Nearest rail stations1
More in the TN postcode area2
TN23 in brief
TN23 is a postcode district covering Ashford, Stanhope and Brookfield, in Ashford.
About 48,055 people lived in TN23 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £295,000 in 2025 across 620 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 98.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in TN23 was £295,000 in 2025.
TN23 had 45,139 usual residents at the census.
In TN23, 92.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In TN23, 3.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.