Total Crime Rate
133.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
59.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Garden Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 120 local areas in Culverden , and the 43rd 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 Garden Road (TN1 2XW) in the last 12 months was 133.6 per 1,000 residents and was 27.8% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 59.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Garden Road (TN1 2XW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Norman Road, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Goods Station Road (15 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Catherine Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St James' Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Albert Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calverley Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calverley Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stanley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Catherine Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Catherine Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calverley Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calverley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calverley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Norman Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Ferns | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Calverley Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chandos Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chandos Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beulah Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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