Postcode · Tunbridge Wells
Crime in TN2 4BE
How much crime is recorded in TN2 4BE, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Pembury & Matfield
- Council
- Tunbridge Wells
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,401 (2024)
TN2 4BETunbridge Wells
How safe is TN2 4BE
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 24.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the TN2 4BE area, 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
24.6
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 4BENational
Violence and sexual offences21.823.6
Burglary14.39.1
Anti-social behaviour7.210.7
Public order3.64.6
Criminal damage and arson3.44.7
Other theft3.04.5
Vehicle crime1.03.5
Shoplifting0.98.4
Other crime0.71.5
Drugs0.72.4
Theft from the person0.42.1
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Bicycle theft0.21.0
Robbery0.11.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 30% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
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40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.