Crime Statistics for Royal Tunbridge Wells, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, 2024

Crime statistics for Royal Tunbridge Wells, Tunbridge Wells

There were a total of 223 street level crime incidents in Royal Tunbridge Wells in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Royal Tunbridge Wells, 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 Crime72
Anti Social Behaviour58
Shoplifting27
Criminal Damage Arson17
Public Order14
Other Theft10
Burglary8
Vehicle Crime7
Drugs6
Bicycle Theft2
Other Crime1
Theft From The Person1
All Crime223

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 Royal Tunbridge Wells. 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 Royal Tunbridge Wells

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Ferndale (0.88 miles)273
St John’s (1.24 miles)241
Royal Tunbridge Wells223
Sherwood Park (1.39 miles)138
Sandown Park (1.39 miles)138
Camden Park (0.88 miles)61
Rusthall (1.24 miles)39
Broadwater Down (1.39 miles)26
Ramslye (1.39 miles)25
Broomhill Bank (1.39 miles)21

20.42%
of Broadwater (Tunbridge Wells) residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Royal Tunbridge Wells?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Ferndale101
St John’s101
Royal Tunbridge Wells72
Sherwood Park56
Sandown Park56
Camden Park23
Rusthall15
Broadwater Down9
Ramslye9
Broomhill Bank9

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Royal Tunbridge Wells?

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 Royal Tunbridge Wells 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 Royal Tunbridge Wells compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Royal Tunbridge Wells and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Residents in Royal Tunbridge Wells have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Pantiles and St Mark's.

#WardScore
1Broadwater64
2Sherwood55
3Rusthall50
4Southborough and High Brooms45
5St James'37
6St John's32
7Culverden30
8Park26
9Withyham18
10Frant & Wadhurst15
11Pantiles and St Mark's13

Which road in Royal Tunbridge Wells has the highest level of crime?

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

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