Crime Rate in St John's, ward

St John's has the lowest crime rate of 14 wards in Tunbridge Wells district and the 800th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 104th lowest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in St John's in the last 12 months was 30.4 per 1,000 residents and was 54.7% lower than the Tunbridge Wells district average (67.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St John's’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 81 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -64.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 94 (≈ 14.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St John's ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 27 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around St Michael'S Road (16 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.