Postcode · Cranbrook
Crime in TN18 5DA
How much crime is recorded in TN18 5DA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Hawkhurst, Benenden & Sandhurst
- Council
- Tunbridge Wells
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,780 (2024)
TN18 5DACranbrook
How safe is TN18 5DA
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 21.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the TN18 5DA area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
21.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
56
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).
TN18 5DANational
Violence and sexual offences17.323.6
Shoplifting12.08.4
Anti-social behaviour9.510.7
Criminal damage and arson7.74.7
Burglary3.59.1
Other theft3.04.5
Vehicle crime2.63.5
Public order1.24.6
Theft from the person0.52.1
Robbery0.41.4
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Drugs0.42.4
Other crime0.11.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 41% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.