Total Crime Rate
310.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
68.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Longfield Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 48 local areas in High Brooms , and the 16th highest crime rate of 352 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 Longfield Road (TN2 3EY) in the last 12 months was 310.6 per 1,000 residents and was 342.1% higher than the High Brooms average (70.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 68.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Longfield Road (TN2 3EY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 67 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lower Mead (22 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 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Longfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Longfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Mead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower Mead | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashenden Walk | — |
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