Southborough & Bidborough
WardNorth west Tunbridge Wells. About 9,580 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 15 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Southborough & Bidborough live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Southborough & Bidborough compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Southborough & Bidborough safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Southborough & Bidborough at a rate of 35.3 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, 28 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Southborough & Bidborough.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (116), other crime (63) and anti-social behaviour (53).
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 Southborough & Bidborough alone. See Tunbridge Wells
Southborough & Bidborough in brief
Southborough & Bidborough had 9,363 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Southborough & Bidborough live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Southborough & Bidborough, 80.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Southborough & Bidborough, 2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.