Total Crime Rate
71.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
20.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lamberts Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 48 local areas in High Brooms , and the 97th 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 Lamberts Road (TN2 3EH) in the last 12 months was 71.0 per 1,000 residents and was 1.0% higher than the High Brooms average (70.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (β 20.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -45.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lamberts Road (TN2 3EH), the main crime hotspot is near Caley Road. Police recorded 23 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Tunbridge Wells| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wiltshire Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Longview Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longview Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hazelwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walnut Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walnut Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walnut Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walnut Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashenden Walk | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theodore Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theodore Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theodore Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theodore Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Liptraps Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Walnut Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hornbeam Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Trebilco Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rankine Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornbeam Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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