Total Crime Rate

128.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

65.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 128.3 8/10
  • Violent crimes 65.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.7 8/10
  • Drugs 9.9 8/10
  • Public order 6.6 6/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bishops Down Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 120 local areas in Culverden , and the 45th highest crime rate of 352 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 Bishops Down Road (TN4 8AF) in the last 12 months was 128.3 per 1,000 residents and was 22.6% higher than the Culverden average (104.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 65.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bishops Down Road (TN4 8AF), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Data Sources

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