Total Crime Rate

83.0 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 83.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.2 6/10
  • Other crime 15.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.3 6/10
  • Other theft 11.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.6 6/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
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

Union Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in Ryde Appley & Elmfield , and the 135th 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 Union Road (PO33 2FZ) in the last 12 months was 83.0 per 1,000 residents and was 46.1% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 34.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Union Road (PO33 2FZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Anglesea Street, where police recorded 77 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near High Street (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Union Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Star Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bellevue Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Union Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Melville Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime St Thomas' Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Union Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Union Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A3055 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Thomas' Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Thomas' Square
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barfield Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Vernon Square Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Thomas Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Thomas Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Anglesea Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Anglesea Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Anglesea Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons High Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yelfs Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crown Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Burglary Castle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Belvedere Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Union Road
Sep 2025Drugs Bus/Coach Station Under investigation

Data Sources

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