Postcode · Tunbridge Wells
Crime in TN2 5GP
How much crime is recorded in TN2 5GP, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Ferndale & Hawkenbury
- Council
- Tunbridge Wells
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,441 (2024)
TN2 5GPTunbridge Wells
How safe is TN2 5GP
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 20.1 offences per 1,000 people a year in the TN2 5GP 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
20.1
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
34
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 5GPNational
Violence and sexual offences19.023.6
Anti-social behaviour5.010.7
Burglary2.59.1
Public order2.24.6
Other theft2.04.5
Drugs1.82.4
Criminal damage and arson1.74.7
Other crime1.31.5
Possession of weapons0.30.9
Bicycle theft0.11.0
Vehicle crime0.13.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 20% 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.