Total Crime Rate
209.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Heytesbury Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Carisbrooke & Gunville , and the 32nd highest crime rate of 469 local areas in Isle of Wight .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Heytesbury Road (PO30 5JG) in the last 12 months was 209.9 per 1,000 residents and was 227.3% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 114.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 64.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Heytesbury Road (PO30 5JG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mill Street (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Carisbrooke & Gunville| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Albany Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wayside Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hookes Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Vicarage Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Heytesbury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunny Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunny Hill | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wayside Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Cross Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wayside Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Redver Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Redver Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albany Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hearn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hearn Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | A3054 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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