Postcode · Tunbridge Wells
Crime in TN2 3FS
How much crime is recorded in TN2 3FS, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Southborough East & Longfield Road
- Council
- Tunbridge Wells
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 3,425 (2024)
TN2 3FSTunbridge Wells
How safe is TN2 3FS
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 18.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in the TN2 3FS area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
18.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
61
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).
TN2 3FSNational
Shoplifting16.08.4
Burglary13.59.1
Violence and sexual offences12.223.6
Anti-social behaviour11.510.7
Criminal damage and arson4.64.7
Other theft4.44.5
Vehicle crime3.43.5
Public order2.54.6
Drugs1.42.4
Bicycle theft1.21.0
Other crime0.51.5
Robbery0.41.4
Theft from the person0.32.1
Possession of weapons0.10.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 32% 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.