Postcode · Tunbridge Wells
Crime in TN4 9EF
How much crime is recorded in TN4 9EF, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Southborough East & Longfield Road
- Council
- Tunbridge Wells
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,393 (2024)
TN4 9EFTunbridge Wells
How safe is TN4 9EF
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 18.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the TN4 9EF 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
18.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
44
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 9EFNational
Violence and sexual offences15.823.6
Anti-social behaviour8.110.7
Shoplifting6.48.4
Other theft4.04.5
Public order2.54.6
Criminal damage and arson2.04.7
Burglary1.59.1
Vehicle crime1.43.5
Other crime1.21.5
Robbery1.21.4
Drugs0.92.4
Bicycle theft0.31.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 27% 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.