Total Crime Rate
48.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
26.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dudley Road area has the 52nd highest crime rate of 120 local areas in Culverden , and the 144th highest crime rate of 352 local areas in Tunbridge Wells .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dudley Road (TN1 1LE) in the last 12 months was 48.9 per 1,000 residents and was 53.3% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 26.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dudley Road (TN1 1LE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 212 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (61 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 | Theft from the person | Newton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Pleasant Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Newton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mount Pleasant Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Vale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vale Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | A26 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Suffolk Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Suffolk Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hanover Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dudley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Monson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Grosvenor Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lonsdale Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Clarence Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
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