Crime Rates at St James Square, Newport, PO30 1UR

St James Square area has the 14th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Carisbrooke & Gunville , and the 88th highest crime rate of 469 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 St James Square (PO30 1UR) in the last 12 months was 109.7 per 1,000 residents and was 71.1% higher than the Carisbrooke & Gunville average (64.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 59.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St James Square (PO30 1UR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 325 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bus/Coach Station (57 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.