Crime Rates at Denness Path, Sandown, PO36 8PH

Denness Path area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Lake North , and the 163rd highest crime rate of 469 local areas in Isle of Wight .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Denness Path (PO36 8PH) in the last 12 months was 71.9 per 1,000 residents and was 4.8% higher than the Lake North average (68.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 34.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Denness Path (PO36 8PH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Millennium Way, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Medeway (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.