Total Crime Rate

43.0 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 43.0 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 11.7 3/10
  • Public order 7.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.9 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Sandown Road area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Lake North , and the 201st lowest crime rate of 469 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 (PO37 6HT) in the last 12 months was 43.0 per 1,000 residents and was 37.4% lower than the Lake North average (68.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 19.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -54.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sandown Road (PO37 6HT), the main crime hotspot is near Flitcroft Gardens. Police recorded 15 crimes here, including 9 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sandown Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flitcroft Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chelsfield Avenue —
Sep 2025Public order Haig Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haig Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haig Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haig Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haig Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Sandown Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Criagmore Court Under investigation
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Data Sources

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