Total Crime Rate

101.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 101.6 8/10
  • Shoplifting 39.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.1 7/10
  • Drugs 9.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.6 4/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Public order 3.3 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Whitefield Road area has the 30th highest crime rate of 119 local areas in Culverden , and the 68th highest crime rate of 350 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 Whitefield Road (TN4 9UD) in the last 12 months was 101.6 per 1,000 residents and was 1.2% lower than the Culverden average (102.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -77.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 39.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -45.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 117.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitefield Road (TN4 9UD), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 82 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Whitefield Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (23/23)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shaftesbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons St John'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Amherst Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Shaftesbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shaftesbury Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shaftesbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Southfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Southfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Mereworth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southwood Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Whitefield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St John'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Standen Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Culverden Park Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Standen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Exchange Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Exchange Mews —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Exchange Mews Under investigation
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Data Sources

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