Postcode · Tunbridge Wells
Crime in TN2 3LS
How much crime is recorded in TN2 3LS, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- High Brooms & Sherwood
- Council
- Tunbridge Wells
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,630 (2024)
TN2 3LSTunbridge Wells
How safe is TN2 3LS
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 20.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the TN2 3LS 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
20.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
45
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 3LSNational
Violence and sexual offences16.023.6
Anti-social behaviour9.110.7
Burglary6.89.1
Criminal damage and arson5.54.7
Other crime3.11.5
Drugs3.12.4
Vehicle crime1.73.5
Other theft1.54.5
Public order1.04.6
Robbery0.51.4
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Shoplifting0.58.4
Bicycle theft0.31.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 37% 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.