Total Crime Rate

206.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 206.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 101.5 10/10
  • Public order 29.0 10/10
  • Other theft 21.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.5 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.5 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 14.5 10/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

St Pauls Avenue area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Lake North , and the 33rd 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 St Pauls Avenue (PO37 7AL) in the last 12 months was 206.5 per 1,000 residents and was 201.0% 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 148.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 46.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Pauls Avenue (PO37 7AL), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 74 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in St Pauls Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Regent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Arthur'S Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Regent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Marine Cross Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Regent Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarendon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarendon Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarence Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Arthur'S Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Regent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arthur'S Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Carter Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Lucerne Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lucerne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Atherley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Wilton Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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