Total Crime Rate

191.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

90.4 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 191.5 9/10
  • Violent crimes 90.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 69.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.6 9/10
  • Public order 21.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.0 9/10
  • Drugs 16.0 9/10
  • Other theft 16.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Burglary 2.7 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.7 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Pyle Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Carisbrooke & Gunville , and the 35th 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 Pyle Street (PO30 1UL) in the last 12 months was 191.5 per 1,000 residents and was 196.3% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 90.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pyle Street (PO30 1UL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 219 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.

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Crime Over Time in Pyle Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Jamess Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Scarrots Lane
Apr 2026Public order Scarrots Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pyle Street
Apr 2026Drugs Pyle Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bus/Coach Station Suspect charged as part of another case
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bus/Coach Station Suspect charged as part of another case
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Chain Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Jamess Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Jamess Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Jamess Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Jamess Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Jamess Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Jamess Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chain Lane
Apr 2026Other theft High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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