Total Crime Rate

104.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

78.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 104.7 8/10
  • Violent crimes 78.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 73.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.2 3/10
  • Public order 5.2 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.2 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sylvan Drive area has the 15th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Carisbrooke & Gunville , and the 96th highest crime rate of 467 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 Sylvan Drive (PO30 5QS) in the last 12 months was 104.7 per 1,000 residents and was 62.0% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 366.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 78.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 275.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sylvan Drive (PO30 5QS), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sylvan Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Mill Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Alderbury Lane —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Snowberry Road —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Sycamore Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Old Westminster Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Old Westminster Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hornbeam Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tayberry Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Foxes Road —
Apr 2026Robbery Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Old Westminster Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petticoat Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Caesars Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sycamore Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mill Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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