Total Crime Rate
157.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
96.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bretland Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 120 local areas in Culverden , and the 33rd highest crime rate of 352 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 Bretland Road (TN4 8PS) in the last 12 months was 157.1 per 1,000 residents and was 50.2% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 96.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bretland Road (TN4 8PS), 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 | Drugs | Woodside Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranwell Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Weller Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Possession of weapons | Valley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Valley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rusthall Grange | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grange Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bretland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bretland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bretland Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bretland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bretland 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Valley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wickham Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rusthall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodside Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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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