Total Crime Rate
40.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
11.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Meadow 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 Meadow Road (TN4 8UL) 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 Meadow Road (TN4 8UL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Vermont Road, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Weller Road (9 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 | Other theft | Westwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weller Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fremlin Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Southwood Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vermont Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burdett Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottington Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottington Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottington Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenfield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parsonage Close | — |
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