Postcode · Tunbridge Wells
Crime in TN4 8UP
How much crime is recorded in TN4 8UP, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Langton Green, Speldhurst & Bidborough
- Council
- Tunbridge Wells
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,623 (2024)
TN4 8UPTunbridge Wells
How safe is TN4 8UP
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 9.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the TN4 8UP area, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 2 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
2/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Lower than most neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
9.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
28
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 8UPNational
Anti-social behaviour9.510.7
Violence and sexual offences8.823.6
Criminal damage and arson3.14.7
Burglary2.79.1
Other theft2.04.5
Drugs1.92.4
Other crime0.61.5
Shoplifting0.48.4
Public order0.24.6
Possession of weapons0.10.9
Theft from the person0.12.1
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 25% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
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20
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.