Crime Rates at Cookworthy Road, Newport, PO30 5NP

Cookworthy Road area has the highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Fairlee & Whippingham , and the 5th 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 Cookworthy Road (PO30 5NP) in the last 12 months was 676.6 per 1,000 residents and was 741.0% higher than the Fairlee & Whippingham average (80.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 119 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 152 (≈ 501.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 15.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cookworthy Road (PO30 5NP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parkhurst Road, where police recorded 139 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hospital (111 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.