Total Crime Rate
96.9 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
48.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lynes Place area has the 15th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in High Brooms , and the 65th highest crime rate of 352 local areas in Tunbridge Wells .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lynes Place (TN2 3FD) in the last 12 months was 96.9 per 1,000 residents and was 37.9% higher 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 20 (β 48.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lynes Place (TN2 3FD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Greggs Wood Road, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lynes Place (10 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Theodore Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lynes Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Harries Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lakewood Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lakewood Drive | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theodore Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lakeside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lakeside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lakeside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lakeside | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lakeside | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burslem Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theodore Close | β |
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