Total Crime Rate
66.7 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Liptraps Lane area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 48 local areas in High Brooms , and the 102nd 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 Liptraps Lane (TN2 3AB) in the last 12 months was 66.7 per 1,000 residents and was 5.1% lower than the High Brooms average (70.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (β 23.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Liptraps Lane (TN2 3AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Oak Road, where police recorded 59 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Caley Road (19 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 | Theodore Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Longview Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oak Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Oak Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blake Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theodore Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laurel Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laurel Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longview Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillcrest Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oak Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Trebilco Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rankine Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wiltshire Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Liptraps Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Harries Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theodore Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theodore Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oak Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Laurel Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Allandale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Friars Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burslem Road | Under investigation |
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