Crime Rate in Paddock Wood, ward

Paddock Wood has the 4th highest crime rate of 14 wards in Tunbridge Wells district and the 2237th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 285th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Paddock Wood in the last 12 months was 89.1 per 1,000 residents and was 32.6% higher than the Tunbridge Wells district average (67.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Paddock Wood’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 264 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 2 cases , down -60.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 64.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -63.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 312 (≈ 37.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Paddock Wood ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Shopping Area, with 67 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Church Road (20 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.