Total Crime Rate

117.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 117.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 68.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.1 6/10
  • Other theft 8.1 7/10
  • Public order 8.1 6/10
  • Drugs 4.1 5/10
  • Other crime 4.1 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Fairview Crescent area has the 10th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Lake North , and the 74th highest crime rate of 469 local areas in Isle of Wight .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Fairview Crescent (PO36 9EL) in the last 12 months was 117.4 per 1,000 residents and was 71.1% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 81.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fairview Crescent (PO36 9EL), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Fairview Crescent area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Millennium Way Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs White'S Mead Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Millennium Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Percy Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Linkside Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs White'S Mead Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Millennium Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Millennium Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Millennium Way Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Millennium Way Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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