Total Crime Rate

85.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

58.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 85.6 7/10
  • Violent crimes 58.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.3 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.5 4/10
  • Other theft 5.5 5/10
  • Public order 5.5 5/10
  • Shoplifting 5.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Lower Wood Street area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in Ryde Appley & Elmfield , and the 129th 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 Lower Wood Street (PO33 2DR) in the last 12 months was 85.6 per 1,000 residents and was 84.7% higher than the Ryde Appley & Elmfield average (46.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 58.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower Wood Street (PO33 2DR), the main crime hotspot is near Esplanade. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Lower Wood Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Holly Tree Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Jubilee Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences East Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Marymead Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Esplanade Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Esplanade Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Esplanade Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Esplanade Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Strand Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Strand Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Strand Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Drugs Cornwall Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Other theft Cornwall Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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