Crime Statistics for Modest Corner, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, 2024

Crime statistics for Modest Corner, Tunbridge Wells

There were a total of 41 street level crime incidents in Modest Corner in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Modest Corner, 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 Crime29
Vehicle Crime4
Other Theft3
Anti Social Behaviour2
Criminal Damage Arson2
Public Order1
All Crime41

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 Modest Corner. 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 Modest Corner

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Ferndale (1.75 miles)273
High Brooms (1.39 miles)271
St John’s (0.88 miles)241
Southborough (0.62 miles)104
Modest Corner41
Broomhill Bank (1.39 miles)21
Brook Street (1.86 miles)18
Stockland Green (0.62 miles)8
Speldhurst (1.39 miles)8
Bidborough (0.88 miles)5

14.67%
of St John's (Tunbridge Wells) residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Modest Corner?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
High Brooms107
Ferndale101
St John’s101
Southborough54
Modest Corner29
Broomhill Bank9
Brook Street6
Stockland Green4
Bidborough2
Speldhurst1

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

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 Modest Corner 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 Modest Corner compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Modest Corner and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Modest Corner is ranked #7.

#WardScore
1Sherwood55
2Rusthall50
3Southborough North45
4Southborough and High Brooms45
5St James'37
6Vauxhall34
7St John's32
8Culverden30
9Park26
10Pantiles and St Mark's13
11Speldhurst and Bidborough12

Which road in Modest Corner has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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