Crime Rate in Newport Central, ward

Newport Central has the highest crime rate of 39 wards in Isle of Wight district and the 148th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 21st highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Newport Central in the last 12 months was 269.0 per 1,000 residents and was 217.8% higher than the Isle of Wight district average (84.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Newport Central’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 463 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , down -57.1% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 62.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 655 (≈ 127.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Newport Central ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 325 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around East Street (116 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.