Total Crime Rate
236.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
172.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Apsley Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 120 local areas in Culverden , and the 21st 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 Apsley Street (TN4 8NU) in the last 12 months was 236.0 per 1,000 residents and was 125.6% 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 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 172.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Apsley Street (TN4 8NU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Valley Road, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bretland Road (23 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 | Valley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Valley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grange Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grange Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Valley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Valley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Valley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nevill Ridge | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grange Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Woodside Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bretland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bretland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranwell Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bretland Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bretland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rusthall Grange | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodside Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bretland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rusthall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Allan Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wickham Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wickham Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harmony Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Harmony Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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