Postcode · Tunbridge Wells
Crime in TN2 4SN
How much crime is recorded in TN2 4SN, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Ferndale & Hawkenbury
- Council
- Tunbridge Wells
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,025 (2024)
TN2 4SNTunbridge Wells
How safe is TN2 4SN
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 20.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the TN2 4SN 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
20.6
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 4SNNational
Violence and sexual offences16.623.6
Anti-social behaviour11.410.7
Other theft4.44.5
Burglary4.19.1
Criminal damage and arson3.44.7
Drugs1.82.4
Public order1.84.6
Vehicle crime1.13.5
Robbery0.91.4
Possession of weapons0.70.9
Theft from the person0.32.1
Other crime0.31.5
Bicycle theft0.31.0
Shoplifting0.38.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 15% 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.