Crime Statistics for Speldhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, 2024

Crime statistics for Speldhurst, Tunbridge Wells

There were a total of 8 street level crime incidents in Speldhurst in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Other Theft, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Other Theft3
Vehicle Crime2
Public Order1
Violent Crime1
Burglary1
All Crime8

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 Speldhurst. 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 Speldhurst

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

LocationCrime Incidents
St John’s (1.86 miles)241
Southborough (1.96 miles)104
Modest Corner (1.39 miles)41
Rusthall (1.39 miles)39
Broomhill Bank (0.88 miles)21
Stockland Green (0.88 miles)8
Speldhurst8
Langton Green (1.39 miles)6
Bidborough (1.39 miles)5
Saint’s Hill (1.86 miles)4

9.26%
of Rusthall residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Speldhurst?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
St John’s101
Southborough54
Modest Corner29
Rusthall15
Broomhill Bank9
Stockland Green4
Saint’s Hill3
Bidborough2
Speldhurst1
Langton Green1

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

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 Speldhurst 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 Speldhurst compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Speldhurst and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Speldhurst is ranked #2.

#WardScore
1Broadwater64
2Rusthall50
3Judd46
4Southborough and High Brooms45
5Penshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone41
6St James'37
7St John's32
8Culverden30
9Park26
10Pantiles and St Mark's13
11Speldhurst and Bidborough12

Which road in Speldhurst has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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