Postcode · Tunbridge Wells
Crime in TN2 5HT
How much crime is recorded in TN2 5HT, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Tunbridge Wells South
- Council
- Tunbridge Wells
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,798 (2024)
TN2 5HTTunbridge Wells
How safe is TN2 5HT
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 12.1 offences per 1,000 people a year in the TN2 5HT area, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 3 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
3/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Lower than most neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
12.1
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
21
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 5HTNational
Burglary8.99.1
Violence and sexual offences7.723.6
Criminal damage and arson2.54.7
Other theft1.94.5
Public order1.74.6
Drugs1.22.4
Anti-social behaviour1.210.7
Vehicle crime1.13.5
Other crime0.71.5
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 31% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
15
20
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.