Total Crime Rate
161.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
104.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Adelaide Grove area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 23 local areas in East Cowes , and the 47th 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 Adelaide Grove (PO32 6DF) in the last 12 months was 161.5 per 1,000 residents and was 102.0% higher than the East Cowes average (80.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -5.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 104.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Adelaide Grove (PO32 6DF), the main crime hotspot is near Yarborough Road. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marina Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Anchorage Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anchorage Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anchorage Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anchorage Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anchorage Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Adelaide Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Anchorage Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kings Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pump House Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Anchorage Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Yarborough Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Minerva Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marina Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Kingston Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Anchorage Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Yarborough Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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