Postcode · Tunbridge Wells
Crime in TN2 3ST
How much crime is recorded in TN2 3ST, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- High Brooms & Sherwood
- Council
- Tunbridge Wells
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,056 (2024)
TN2 3STTunbridge Wells
How safe is TN2 3ST
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 24.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the TN2 3ST area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
24.7
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 3STNational
Violence and sexual offences21.123.6
Criminal damage and arson12.84.7
Anti-social behaviour12.610.7
Other theft4.74.5
Burglary3.99.1
Public order2.44.6
Vehicle crime1.93.5
Other crime1.91.5
Drugs0.82.4
Theft from the person0.72.1
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 6% 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.