Crime Rates at Gunville Road, Newport, PO30 5LS

Gunville Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Carisbrooke & Gunville , and the 61st highest crime rate of 467 local areas in Isle of Wight .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Gunville Road (PO30 5LS) in the last 12 months was 137.0 per 1,000 residents and was 112.1% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 93.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gunville Road (PO30 5LS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gunville Road, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chapel Close (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.