Total Crime Rate
7.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Sandown Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Lake North , and the 20th lowest 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 Sandown Road (PO36 9JS) in the last 12 months was 7.9 per 1,000 residents and was 88.4% lower 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sandown Road (PO36 9JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Millennium Way, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Flitcroft Gardens (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Lake North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lamorbey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Haig Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Millennium Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Millennium Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Millennium Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Millennium Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Millennium Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Denness Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Denness Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heath Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Flitcroft Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sandown Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Haig Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Millennium Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Haig Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Haig Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Sandown Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Percy Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Haig Close | Under investigation |
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