Postcode · Tunbridge Wells
Crime in TN2 5DB
How much crime is recorded in TN2 5DB, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Tunbridge Wells South
- Council
- Tunbridge Wells
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,675 (2024)
How safe is TN2 5DB
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 28.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in the TN2 5DB area, broadly in line with 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
28.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
97
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 5DBNational
Anti-social behaviour31.610.7
Violence and sexual offences22.823.6
Shoplifting15.78.4
Criminal damage and arson6.24.7
Other theft6.04.5
Burglary5.79.1
Public order4.84.6
Vehicle crime2.03.5
Other crime2.01.5
Drugs1.72.4
Robbery1.41.4
Theft from the person0.92.1
Possession of weapons0.80.9
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat 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.