Postcode · Tunbridge Wells
Crime in TN2 5AE
How much crime is recorded in TN2 5AE, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Ferndale & Hawkenbury
- Council
- Tunbridge Wells
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,788 (2024)
TN2 5AETunbridge Wells
How safe is TN2 5AE
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 18.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the TN2 5AE 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
18.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
27
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 5AENational
Violence and sexual offences16.723.6
Burglary2.59.1
Criminal damage and arson1.94.7
Other theft1.84.5
Anti-social behaviour1.310.7
Public order1.04.6
Vehicle crime1.03.5
Shoplifting0.88.4
Drugs0.52.4
Other crime0.41.5
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 31% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
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20
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.