Total Crime Rate

55.8 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 55.8 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.0 4/10
  • Public order 7.0 6/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Adelaide Grove area has the 24th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Cowes Medina , and the 216th highest crime rate of 469 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 Adelaide Grove (PO32 6DD) in the last 12 months was 55.8 per 1,000 residents and was 7.6% higher than the Cowes Medina average (51.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 266.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 45.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 160.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 19.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Adelaide Grove (PO32 6DD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Minerva Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Adelaide Grove area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Adelaide Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Adelaide Grove —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Adelaide Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hospital Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Falcon Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kings Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences School Hill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences School Hill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson School Hill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Hospital Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alfred Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St James Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yarborough Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Yarborough Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Medina View Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Anchorage Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarence Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarence Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarence Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clarence Road Local resolution

Data Sources

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