Total Crime Rate

114.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 114.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 66.4 9/10
  • Burglary 11.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.7 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.7 3/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Other theft 3.7 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.7 6/10
  • Public order 3.7 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Wood Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Ryde Appley & Elmfield , and the 83rd highest crime rate of 469 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 Wood Street (PO33 2DH) in the last 12 months was 114.4 per 1,000 residents and was 101.3% higher than the Ryde Appley & Elmfield average (56.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 73.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wood Street (PO33 2DH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Esplanade, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Jubilee Place (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wood Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Strand Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Esplanade Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jubilee Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Strand
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Park Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Melville Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Belvedere Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Vernon Square Local resolution
Sep 2025Burglary Monkton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jubilee Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bellevue Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Esplanade Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cornwall Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wood Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barfield Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Esplanade Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Esplanade
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Daniel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson East Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order East Street Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences East Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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