Crime Rates at High Street, Sandown, PO36 8AE

High Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Brading & St Helens , and the 8th 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 High Street (PO36 8AE) in the last 12 months was 479.0 per 1,000 residents and was 917.9% higher than the Brading & St Helens average (47.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -27.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 57 (≈ 199.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (PO36 8AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 83 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chesham Terrace (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.