Total Crime Rate
120.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Yew Tree Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in High Brooms , and the 50th 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 Yew Tree Road (TN4 0BA) in the last 12 months was 120.7 per 1,000 residents and was 71.9% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -47.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 36.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -44.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Yew Tree Road (TN4 0BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Andrews Court, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St John'S Park (13 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 | Vehicle crime | St Andrews Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | London Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bedford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Andrews Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bedford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bedford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Andrews Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Andrews Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Andrews Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Andrews Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Andrews Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Andrews Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Andrews Court | Under investigation |
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