Total Crime Rate

86.1 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 86.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.3 6/10
  • Other theft 13.3 9/10
  • Other crime 9.9 9/10
  • Public order 6.6 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Gorse Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in High Brooms , and the 74th highest crime rate of 350 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 Gorse Road (TN2 3LT) in the last 12 months was 86.1 per 1,000 residents and was 10.5% higher than the High Brooms average (77.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 46.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gorse Road (TN2 3LT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bracken Close, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sherwood Road (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Gorse Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fairmile Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Badgers Holt Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Badgers Holt Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coneyburrow Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Bracken Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bracken Close —
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Data Sources

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