Crime Rate in Sandown South, ward

Sandown South has the 8th highest crime rate of 39 wards in Isle of Wight district and the 1823rd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 226th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Sandown South in the last 12 months was 98.5 per 1,000 residents and was 16.4% higher than the Isle of Wight district average (84.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Sandown South’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 152 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -53.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 200 (≈ 50.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Sandown South ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 54 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Pier Street (19 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.