Total Crime Rate

72.6 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 72.6 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.9 7/10
  • Other theft 12.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.3 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.3 5/10
  • Drugs 6.3 7/10
  • Robbery 3.2 4/10
  • 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
  • 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Great Brooms Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in High Brooms , and the 95th highest crime rate of 350 local areas in Tunbridge Wells .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Great Brooms Road (TN4 9DE) in the last 12 months was 72.6 per 1,000 residents and was 6.9% lower than the High Brooms average (77.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 41.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 26.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Great Brooms Road (TN4 9DE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chestnut Close, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near High Brooms Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Great Brooms Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chestnut Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brokes Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Brokes Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brokes Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Salisbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lott Close —
Sep 2025Other theft Gordon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holmewood Road —
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Data Sources

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