High Brooms
WardNorth west Tunbridge Wells. About 3,745 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in High Brooms live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How High Brooms compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is High Brooms safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in High Brooms at a rate of 71.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 67.3 per 1,000 people across Tunbridge Wells.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 30 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in High Brooms.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (129), other crime (57) and anti-social behaviour (54).
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 Tunbridge Wells
These figures are published for the whole of Tunbridge Wells, not for each ward, so they describe all of Tunbridge Wells and not High Brooms alone. See Tunbridge Wells
High Brooms in brief
High Brooms had 3,690 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in High Brooms live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In High Brooms, 93.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In High Brooms, 3.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.