Postcode · Tunbridge Wells
Crime in TN4 8AF
How much crime is recorded in TN4 8AF, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Tunbridge Wells West
- Council
- Tunbridge Wells
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,195 (2024)
TN4 8AFTunbridge Wells
How safe is TN4 8AF
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 18.1 offences per 1,000 people a year in the TN4 8AF 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
18.1
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
46
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).
TN4 8AFNational
Violence and sexual offences14.323.6
Shoplifting10.58.4
Anti-social behaviour5.410.7
Other theft3.44.5
Public order3.34.6
Criminal damage and arson3.24.7
Vehicle crime2.03.5
Burglary1.79.1
Possession of weapons1.10.9
Drugs0.62.4
Other crime0.51.5
Theft from the person0.52.1
Bicycle theft0.31.0
Robbery0.21.4
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat 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.