Crime Rates at Orchard Street, Newport, PO30 1JZ

Orchard Street area has the highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Carisbrooke & Gunville , and the highest crime rate of 469 local areas in Isle of Wight .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Orchard Street (PO30 1JZ) in the last 12 months was 1795.8 per 1,000 residents and was 2699.9% higher than the Carisbrooke & Gunville average (64.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 199 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -52.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 135 (≈ 562.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 19.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Orchard Street (PO30 1JZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 309 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (62 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.