Total Crime Rate

316.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 316.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 130.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.2 9/10
  • Other theft 24.8 10/10
  • Public order 21.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.6 9/10
  • Burglary 15.5 10/10
  • Drugs 9.3 8/10
  • Other crime 9.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Dowding Way area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 48 local areas in High Brooms , and the 14th highest crime rate of 350 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 Dowding Way (TN2 3UY) in the last 12 months was 316.8 per 1,000 residents and was 306.4% higher than the High Brooms average (77.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 2 cases , down -77.8% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -77.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 68.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -24.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dowding Way (TN2 3UY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Longview Way (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dowding Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Hornbeam Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stag Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery North Farm Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Lambersart Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Drugs Hornbeam Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mulberry Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Stag Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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