Postcode · Tonbridge
Crime in TN12 7BF
How much crime is recorded in TN12 7BF, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Pembury & Matfield
- Council
- Tunbridge Wells
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,903 (2024)
TN12 7BFTonbridge
How safe is TN12 7BF
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 11.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the TN12 7BF area, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 3 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
3/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Lower than most neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
11.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
31
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
TN12 7BFNational
Shoplifting8.78.4
Violence and sexual offences7.623.6
Anti-social behaviour4.110.7
Burglary3.69.1
Other theft3.14.5
Vehicle crime2.73.5
Criminal damage and arson2.24.7
Other crime1.11.5
Drugs0.42.4
Public order0.34.6
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.