Total Crime Rate
467.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Avenue Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Brading & St Helens , and the 8th highest crime rate of 469 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 Avenue Road (PO36 8BD) in the last 12 months was 467.4 per 1,000 residents and was 893.2% 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 75 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 216.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 96 (≈ 272.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Avenue Road (PO36 8BD), the main crime hotspot is near Chesham Terrace. Police recorded 92 crimes here, including 53 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Brading & St Helens| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Albion Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Avenue Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B3395 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | B3395 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Fort Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brickfields Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fort Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chesham Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chesham Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fort Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fort Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | B3395 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Avenue Slipway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brickfields Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Chesham Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | East Yar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Avenue Slipway | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St John'S Crescent | Under investigation |
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