Total Crime Rate
280.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
162.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mount Ephraim Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 120 local areas in Culverden , and the 19th highest crime rate of 352 local areas in Tunbridge Wells .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Mount Ephraim Road (TN1 1ET) in the last 12 months was 280.0 per 1,000 residents and was 167.7% higher than the Culverden average (104.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 52 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 57 (≈ 162.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mount Ephraim Road (TN1 1ET), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 212 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Newton Road (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Tunbridge Wells| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lonsdale Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mount Pleasant Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mount Pleasant Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Clarence Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hanover Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Pleasant Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mount Pleasant Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crescent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Newton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Newton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Newton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Newton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Newton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Newton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clanricarde Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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