Total Crime Rate
45.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Carisbrooke Road area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 53 local areas in Carisbrooke & Gunville , and the 212th lowest crime rate of 467 local areas in Isle of Wight .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Carisbrooke Road (PO30 1DA) in the last 12 months was 45.3 per 1,000 residents and was 29.9% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 32.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Carisbrooke Road (PO30 1DA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nelson Road (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Newport Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarendon Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Caesars Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafalgar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nelson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Snowberry Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tayberry Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Field Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alderbury Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | West Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cavendish Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B3341 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alderbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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