Total Crime Rate

129.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

82.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 129.7 8/10
  • Violent crimes 82.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.4 8/10
  • Public order 29.9 10/10
  • Burglary 15.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.5 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.5 6/10
  • Other theft 7.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.5 2/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Carisbrooke Road 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 Carisbrooke Road (PO30 1BL) 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 Carisbrooke Road (PO30 1BL), the main crime hotspot is near St Jamess Street. Police recorded 208 crimes here, including 52 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Carisbrooke Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Jamess Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mill Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cavendish Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Jamess Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petticoat Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Jamess Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences West Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order West Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Jamess Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Jamess Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Jamess Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Jamess Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Jamess Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Jamess Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other crime Caesars Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order St Jamess Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons St Jamess Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Trafalgar Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Foxes Road
Apr 2026Robbery Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Old Westminster Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences West View Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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