Crime Rates at High Street, Newport, PO30 1BA

High Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Carisbrooke & Gunville , and the 66th highest crime rate of 467 local areas in Isle of Wight .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (PO30 1BA) in the last 12 months was 129.7 per 1,000 residents and was 100.7% higher than the Carisbrooke & Gunville average (64.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 82.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -91.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (PO30 1BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Jamess Street, where police recorded 208 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bus/Coach Station (60 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.