Total Crime Rate
75.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
27.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Yaverland Close area has the 12th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Brading & St Helens , and the 148th highest crime rate of 467 local areas in Isle of Wight .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Yaverland Close (PO36 8QF) in the last 12 months was 75.4 per 1,000 residents and was 60.2% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violent crimes ( 133.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 27.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 133.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Yaverland Close (PO36 8QF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Yaverland Close, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Yaverland Road (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yaverland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yaverland Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Culver Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Culver Way | Under investigation |
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