Total Crime Rate

292.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 292.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 174.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.3 9/10
  • Other theft 12.2 8/10
  • Public order 6.1 5/10
  • Robbery 6.1 7/10
  • Other crime 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Wishing Well Close area has the highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Bembridge , and the 21st highest crime rate of 469 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 Wishing Well Close (PO33 1FS) in the last 12 months was 292.7 per 1,000 residents and was 736.9% higher than the Bembridge average (35.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 86 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -53.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 61.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wishing Well Close (PO33 1FS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wishing Well Close, where police recorded 2 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oakhill Road (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wishing Well Close area

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Data Sources

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