Total Crime Rate

40.6 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

11.6 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 40.6 4/10
  • Violent crimes 11.6 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.6 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 11.6 3/10
  • Other theft 8.7 7/10
  • Drugs 5.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Hill View Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Rusthall & Speldhurst , and the 173rd highest 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 Hill View Road (TN4 8UH) in the last 12 months was 40.6 per 1,000 residents and was 12.1% lower than the Rusthall & Speldhurst average (46.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 11.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hill View Road (TN4 8UH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Vermont Road, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cranwell Road (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hill View Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Meadow Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Weller Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Westwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Vermont Road
Apr 2026Drugs Southwood Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Burdett Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parsonage Close
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cottington Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cottington Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cottington Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cranwell Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Greenfield Close Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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