# Southborough Town in Tunbridge Wells, South East. Southborough is a town in Tunbridge Wells, South East. Median sale price £442,500 in 2025. Recorded crime 47.8 per 1,000 people. About 9,835 people. Town. Code E63005766. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Tunbridge Wells](https://openindex.co.uk/tunbridge-wells) Southborough is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Southborough add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own. ## Key figures - **Median sale price: £442,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Southborough was £442,500 in 2025. Joint 132nd most expensive of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/southborough#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 9,632** (2021). Southborough had 9,632 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 210th least populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/southborough#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Southborough live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/southborough#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 85.1%** (January 2026). In Southborough, 85.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/southborough#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63005766) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Southborough live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. - [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63005766) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 140 homes were sold in Southborough in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63005766) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Southborough. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63005766) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Southborough had 9,632 usual residents at the census. ## How Southborough compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Southborough | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £442,500 | joint 71st most expensive | 209 towns, South East · 2025 | | Population | 9,632 | 36th least populated | 209 towns, South East · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 209 towns, South East · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 85.1% | joint 52nd lowest | 209 towns, South East · Jan 2026 | ## Is Southborough safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Southborough at a rate of 47.8 per 1,000 people. That compares with 81.3 per 1,000 people across South East. Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people. In August 2026 alone, 46 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Southborough. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (175), other crime (82) and anti-social behaviour (78). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Southborough was 59.6 per 1,000 people. 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. ## Deprivation in Southborough, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Southborough has no single figure. Of its 8 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods - Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Southborough | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Tunbridge Wells 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/tunbridge-wells/neighbourhood/e01024844) | 1,585 | 36.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.6% | | [Tunbridge Wells 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/tunbridge-wells/neighbourhood/e01024846) | 1,657 | 22.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.7% | | [Tunbridge Wells 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/tunbridge-wells/neighbourhood/e01024849) | 1,621 | 27.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 76.3% | | [Tunbridge Wells 002E](https://openindex.co.uk/tunbridge-wells/neighbourhood/e01024850) | 1,359 | 20.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 39.9% | | [Tunbridge Wells 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/tunbridge-wells/neighbourhood/e01024845) | 1,359 | 75.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.4% | | [Tunbridge Wells 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/tunbridge-wells/neighbourhood/e01024847) | 1,586 | 49.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.4% | | [Tunbridge Wells 003E](https://openindex.co.uk/tunbridge-wells/neighbourhood/e01024848) | 1,356 | 85.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 78.9% | | [Tunbridge Wells 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/tunbridge-wells/neighbourhood/e01024843) | 1,444 | 93.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 86.9% | ## Your MP - [Tunbridge Wells](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/tunbridge-wells): Mike Martin (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024. As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API. ## Council [Tunbridge Wells](https://openindex.co.uk/tunbridge-wells) ## Postcode districts covering Southborough [TN4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tn4) ## Middle areas in Southborough [Southborough East & Longfield Road](https://openindex.co.uk/tunbridge-wells/southborough-east-and-longfield-road), [Southborough West](https://openindex.co.uk/tunbridge-wells/southborough-west) ## Towns near Southborough [Royal Tunbridge Wells](https://openindex.co.uk/town/royal-tunbridge-wells), [Tonbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tonbridge), [Rusthall and Langton Green](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rusthall-and-langton-green), [Paddock Wood](https://openindex.co.uk/town/paddock-wood), [Sevenoaks](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sevenoaks), [Crowborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/crowborough) ## Southborough in brief Southborough is a town in Tunbridge Wells, South East. About 9,835 people lived in Southborough in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £442,500 in 2025 across 140 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 47.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Southborough was £442,500 in 2025. Southborough had 9,632 usual residents at the census. About 0% of people in Southborough live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Southborough, 85.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63005766 - Constituency: [Tunbridge Wells †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/tunbridge-wells) - Council: [Tunbridge Wells †](https://openindex.co.uk/tunbridge-wells) - Region: [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/south-east) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 2.26 km² - People, mid-2024: 9,835* - Neighbourhoods: 8 - Output areas: 31 * People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact. † Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs. ## Next door [Royal Tunbridge Wells](https://openindex.co.uk/town/royal-tunbridge-wells), [Tonbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tonbridge), [Rusthall and Langton Green](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rusthall-and-langton-green), [Paddock Wood](https://openindex.co.uk/town/paddock-wood), [Sevenoaks](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sevenoaks), [Crowborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/crowborough) ## Latest updates for Southborough - August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026. - September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026. - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63005766 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/southborough, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/southborough#f-house-sales-median-price. 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