Crime Rates at Park Cottages, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 4JH

Park Cottages area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Hawkhurst, Sandhurst & Benenden , and the 49th highest crime rate of 350 local areas in Tunbridge Wells .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Park Cottages (TN18 4JH) in the last 12 months was 118.7 per 1,000 residents and was 154.8% higher than the Hawkhurst, Sandhurst & Benenden average (46.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -88.9% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -88.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 75.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 25.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Park Cottages (TN18 4JH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dickens Way (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.