Total Crime Rate
191.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
90.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pyle 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.
View Crime In Newport Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Jamess Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Scarrots Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Scarrots Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pyle Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Pyle Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Suspect charged as part of another case |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Suspect charged as part of another case |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Chain Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Jamess Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Jamess Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Jamess Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Jamess Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Jamess Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Jamess Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chain Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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