East and West Peckham, Mereworth & Wateringbury
WardCentral Tonbridge and Malling. About 6,385 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 34 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 43% of people in East and West Peckham, Mereworth & Wateringbury live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How East and West Peckham, Mereworth & Wateringbury compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is East and West Peckham, Mereworth & Wateringbury safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in East and West Peckham, Mereworth & Wateringbury at a rate of 54.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 67.3 per 1,000 people across Tonbridge and Malling.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 41 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in East and West Peckham, Mereworth & Wateringbury.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (112), violence and sexual offences (95) and other crime (47).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Tonbridge and Malling
These figures are published for the whole of Tonbridge and Malling, not for each ward, so they describe all of Tonbridge and Malling and not East and West Peckham, Mereworth & Wateringbury alone. See Tonbridge and Malling
East and West Peckham, Mereworth & Wateringbury in brief
East and West Peckham, Mereworth & Wateringbury had 6,322 usual residents at the census.
About 43% of people in East and West Peckham, Mereworth & Wateringbury live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In East and West Peckham, Mereworth & Wateringbury, 60.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In East and West Peckham, Mereworth & Wateringbury, 1.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.