Crime Statistics for Cranbrook, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, 2024

Crime statistics for Cranbrook, Tunbridge Wells

There were a total of 42 street level crime incidents in Cranbrook in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Cranbrook, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime13
Shoplifting12
Criminal Damage Arson10
Public Order3
Anti Social Behaviour3
Possession Of Weapons1
All Crime42

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Cranbrook. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Cranbrook

We've taken the ten nearest places to Cranbrook and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Cranbrook has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Cranbrook42
Baker’s Cross (0.88 miles)40
Beal’s Green (3.17 miles)30
Four Wents (2.56 miles)23
Goudhurst (3.16 miles)12
Cranbrooke Common (1.39 miles)9
Gill’s Green (2.78 miles)9
Camden Hill (1.75 miles)8
Benenden (3.1 miles)3
Tubslake (1.96 miles)2

9.69%
of Benenden and Cranbrook residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Cranbrook?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Cranbrook and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Cranbrook13
Baker’s Cross11
Beal’s Green11
Four Wents7
Goudhurst7
Cranbrooke Common2
Gill’s Green1
Camden Hill1
Benenden1
Tubslake0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Cranbrook?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Cranbrook to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Cranbrook compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Cranbrook and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Cranbrook is ranked #3.

#WardScore
1Tenterden South45
2Frittenden and Sissinghurst42
3Benenden and Cranbrook40
4Rolvenden & Tenterden West39
5Biddenden37
6Hurst Green & Ticehurst35
7Goudhurst and Lamberhurst32
8Staplehurst31
9Hawkhurst and Sandhurst29
10Robertsbridge18
11Northern Rother18

Which road in Cranbrook has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Cranbrook with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around A262.

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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