Crime Rates at Town Lane, Sandown, PO36 8EY

Town Lane area has the 11th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Brading & St Helens , and the 125th 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 Town Lane (PO36 8EY) in the last 12 months was 86.7 per 1,000 residents and was 84.2% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 44.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 50.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 37.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Town Lane (PO36 8EY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pier Street (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.