Total Crime Rate
14.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Edward Street area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 120 local areas in Culverden , and the 52nd lowest crime rate of 352 local areas in Tunbridge Wells .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Edward Street (TN4 0EA) in the last 12 months was 14.8 per 1,000 residents and was 85.9% lower than the Culverden average (104.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violent crimes with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Edward Street (TN4 0EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 27 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 | Other theft | Woolley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bedford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bedford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | London Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bedford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Speldhurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Speldhurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Woolley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Springfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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