Total Crime Rate

116.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 116.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 39.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.2 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.5 9/10
  • Public order 5.7 5/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Other theft 2.8 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Yew Tree Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in High Brooms , and the 52nd 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 Yew Tree Road (TN4 0BL) in the last 12 months was 116.5 per 1,000 residents and was 49.4% higher than the High Brooms average (77.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -31.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 51.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 49.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Yew Tree Road (TN4 0BL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chestnut Close, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bondfield Close (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Yew Tree Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chestnut Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order The Ridgewaye Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Yew Tree Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norstead Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Yew Tree Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bondfield Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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