Total Crime Rate
313.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
190.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Temperance Place area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Haylands & Swanmore , and the 19th 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 Temperance Place (PO33 2RD) in the last 12 months was 313.0 per 1,000 residents and was 476.9% higher than the Haylands & Swanmore average (54.3 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 Drugs with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 190.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Temperance Place (PO33 2RD), the main crime hotspot is near Anglesea Street. Police recorded 82 crimes here, including 40 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 | Bank Passage | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Anglesea Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Well Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Anglesea Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Thomas' Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warwick Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A3055 | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandcroft Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Star Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Surrey Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Star Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Star Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Passage | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Albert Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South View Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A3055 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crown Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crown Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anglesea Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Anglesea Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | West Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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