Total Crime Rate
61.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cavendish Place area has the 25th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Carisbrooke & Gunville , and the 176th highest 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 Cavendish Place (PO30 5AE) in the last 12 months was 61.8 per 1,000 residents and was 4.3% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft 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 ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 40.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cavendish Place (PO30 5AE), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 59 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Newport Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tayberry Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | West Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Field Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafalgar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petticoat Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nelson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alderbury Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Foxes Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Westminster Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Westminster Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Old Westminster Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sycamore Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sycamore Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Caesars Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cavendish Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Snowberry Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
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