Postcode · Tunbridge Wells
Crime in TN2 5RT
How much crime is recorded in TN2 5RT, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Ramslye & Rusthall
- Council
- Tunbridge Wells
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,477 (2024)
TN2 5RTTunbridge Wells
How safe is TN2 5RT
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 30.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the TN2 5RT 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
30.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
71
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 5RTNational
Violence and sexual offences23.323.6
Anti-social behaviour16.810.7
Burglary10.39.1
Criminal damage and arson8.84.7
Other theft5.14.5
Drugs3.82.4
Vehicle crime2.33.5
Other crime2.21.5
Possession of weapons1.70.9
Public order1.74.6
Shoplifting1.58.4
Bicycle theft0.11.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 29% 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.