Total Crime Rate
24.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026King Charles Square area has the 35th lowest crime rate of 120 local areas in Culverden , and the 106th 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 King Charles Square (TN4 8FA) in the last 12 months was 24.6 per 1,000 residents and was 76.5% lower than the Culverden average (104.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other crime with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around King Charles Square (TN4 8FA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Theatre/Concert Hall (35 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amherst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Johns Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Johns Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exchange Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amherst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hanover Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kings Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Culverden Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Culverden Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | A26 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Suffolk Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Suffolk Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dudley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Grosvenor Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grosvenor Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Grosvenor Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Exchange Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kings Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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