Crime Statistics for St John’s, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, 2024

Crime statistics for St John’s, Tunbridge Wells

There were a total of 241 street level crime incidents in St John’s 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 St John’s, 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 Crime101
Anti Social Behaviour44
Shoplifting26
Vehicle Crime17
Criminal Damage Arson14
Other Theft13
Burglary10
Public Order10
Drugs3
Other Crime2
Bicycle Theft1
All Crime241

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 St John’s. 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 St John’s

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Ferndale (0.88 miles)273
High Brooms (0.62 miles)271
St John’s241
Royal Tunbridge Wells (1.24 miles)223
Sherwood Park (1.39 miles)138
Sandown Park (1.39 miles)138
Southborough (0.62 miles)104
Modest Corner (0.88 miles)41
Broomhill Bank (1.39 miles)21
Stockland Green (1.39 miles)8

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 St John’s?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
High Brooms107
Ferndale101
St John’s101
Royal Tunbridge Wells72
Sherwood Park56
Sandown Park56
Southborough54
Modest Corner29
Broomhill Bank9
Stockland Green4

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in St John’s?

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 St John’s 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 St John’s compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Broadwater64
2Sherwood55
3Rusthall50
4Southborough North45
5Southborough and High Brooms45
6St James'37
7St John's32
8Culverden30
9Park26
10Frant & Wadhurst15
11Pantiles and St Mark's13

Which road in St John’s has the highest level of crime?

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

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