Total Crime Rate

81.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 81.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.9 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.4 7/10
  • Other theft 9.4 8/10
  • Drugs 6.3 6/10
  • Burglary 3.1 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Somerhill area has the 11th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Paddock Wood , and the 80th highest crime rate of 350 local areas in Tunbridge Wells .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Somerhill (TN11 0NH) in the last 12 months was 81.5 per 1,000 residents and was 8.6% lower than the Paddock Wood average (89.1 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 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 25.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Somerhill (TN11 0NH), the main crime hotspot is near Woodgate Way. Police recorded 9 crimes here, including 4 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Somerhill area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (2/2)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hops Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodgate Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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