Crime Rate in Park, ward

Park has the 2nd highest crime rate of 14 wards in Tunbridge Wells district and the 2020th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 246th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Park in the last 12 months was 93.4 per 1,000 residents and was 39.0% higher than the Tunbridge Wells district average (67.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Park’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 288 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 4 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 71.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 354 (≈ 35.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Park ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Shopping Area, with 238 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Newton Road (56 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.