So you are thinking of moving to Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent? You've found some estate agents and they have told you what you wanted to hear. You've read some speil by a local councillor who says that Royal Tunbridge Wells is on the up an up? Now it's time for a bit of reality. Cold hard statistics culled from the Police, the Indices of Deprivation and the latest census. Is Royal Tunbridge Wells the land of milk and honey or are Southborough, Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Royal Tunbridge Wells
Using the latest Police street crime figures for the month of February 2021 we have compiled a table of the most voilent Policing areas in and around Royal Tunbridge Wells. Naturally the more urban and more central areas will have a higher rate of crime, but often you can be surprised when that is not the case and that is the area you want to move to.
| Polcing Area | Voilent Crimes |
|---|---|
| High Brooms | 112 |
| Ferndale | 100 |
| St John’s | 82 |
| Sandown Park | 80 |
| Sherwood Park | 80 |
| Royal Tunbridge Wells | 69 |
| Southborough | 49 |
| Camden Park | 26 |
| Broomhill Bank | 21 |
| Modest Corner | 15 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Royal Tunbridge Wells. These statitics are published by the government every 2-3 years. They are a measure of how likely you are to be a victim of personal or material crime in an area, such as muggings or burglary. We've collated an average rank for all the Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) in each ward in and around Royal Tunbridge Wells. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Broadwater (Best) | 11758/32845 |
| Sherwood | 14630/32845 |
| Rusthall | 16367/32845 |
| Southborough and High Brooms | 17928/32845 |
| St James' | 20381/32845 |
| St John's | 22278/32845 |
| Culverden | 22638/32845 |
| Park | 23941/32845 |
| Frant & Wadhurst | 27649/32845 |
| Pantiles and St Mark's (Worst) | 28435/32845 |
Tonbridge: where chavs and toffs come face-to-face
Your Health in Royal Tunbridge Wells
If you are thinking of moving to Royal Tunbridge Wells, you want to know if the place is likely to put you on a downward spiral of ill health. We've taken the healh question from the latest census to find out and how Royal Tunbridge Wells compares to its neighbouring local authorities. People were asked to rate their current health from very bad to very good;
| Local Authority | Very Bad | Bad | Fair | Good | Very Good |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tonbridge and Malling | 0.86% | 3.09% | 11.81% | 34.33% | 49.92% |
| Sevenoaks | 0.87% | 3.11% | 11.47% | 33.37% | 51.17% |
| Dartford | 1.03% | 3.4% | 12.16% | 34.86% | 48.55% |
| Tunbridge Wells (Royal Tunbridge Wells) | 0.78% | 3.09% | 11.12% | 33.6% | 51.42% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Royal Tunbridge Wells. They measures the risk of premature death and the impairment of quality of life through poor physical or mental health, lovely! We've collated an average rank for all the Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) in each ward in and around Royal Tunbridge Wells. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Sherwood (Best) | 19370/32845 |
| Southborough and High Brooms | 21448/32845 |
| Rusthall | 22076/32845 |
| Broadwater | 24422/32845 |
| St James' | 26065/32845 |
| St John's | 27615/32845 |
| Park | 28551/32845 |
| Culverden | 30013/32845 |
| Frant & Wadhurst | 31402/32845 |
| Pantiles and St Mark's (Worst) | 31576/32845 |
Wells - Posh veneer, chav underbelly
Deprivation in Royal Tunbridge Wells
Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average Index of Multiple Deprivation rank of all the LSOAs in the wards in and around Royal Tunbridge Wells. In layman's terms, this is how rough the ward is based on mutiple measures of deprivation including; employment, income, health, crime, housing and outside space.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Sherwood (Best) | 13206/32845 |
| Broadwater | 17913/32845 |
| Rusthall | 19435/32845 |
| Southborough and High Brooms | 19670/32845 |
| Frant & Wadhurst | 26201/32845 |
| St James' | 26504/32845 |
| St John's | 27843/32845 |
| Culverden | 28573/32845 |
| Park | 28724/32845 |
| Pantiles and St Mark's (Worst) | 31179/32845 |
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