Total Crime Rate
15.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sandown Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Lake North , and the 54th lowest crime rate of 467 local areas in Isle of Wight .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sandown Road (PO36 9JS) in the last 12 months was 15.9 per 1,000 residents and was 78.7% lower than the Lake North average (74.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 10.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sandown Road (PO36 9JS), the main crime hotspot is near Millennium Way. Police recorded 96 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Lake North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Millennium Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Millennium Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Millennium Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Millennium Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Millennium Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Millennium Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millennium Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millennium Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flitcroft Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cross Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cross Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lake Green Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lake Green Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denness Path | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lamorbey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haig Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Denness Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Millennium Way | Under investigation |
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