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Crime in Isle of Wight by area

Every neighbourhood we cover, ranked by crimes per 1,000 residents a year, from police.uk figures for June to August 2026. Highest first. Pick a type of crime to re-rank, or tap a column to sort.

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3,362crimes recordedJune to August 2026
+11%on the 3 months beforemore crime
Whitwelllowest rate10.5 per 1,000 a year
62.4middle areacrimes per 1,000 a year

Darker means more crime per resident. Tap an area for its page.

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Most improved: Lake (-1%), Sandown (0%) and Shanklin (3%), compared with the three months before.

Every area, ranked

#Most common
1CarisbrookePO30 · 19,381 residents 172.5▲ 14%violence
2NewportPO30 · 26,374 residents 144.4▲ 11%violence
3LakePO36 · 18,156 residents 136.6▼ 1%violence
4SandownPO36 · 13,575 residents 131.70%violence
5BonchurchPO38 · 2,734 residents 109.7▲ 12%violence
6RydePO33 · 24,009 residents 107.6▲ 8%violence
7VentnorPO38 · 5,566 residents 96.3▲ 25%violence
8ShanklinPO37 · 12,650 residents 90.1▲ 3%violence
9East CowesPO32 · 19,723 residents 82.5▲ 29%violence
10CowesPO31 · 19,953 residents 81.6▲ 30%violence
11TotlandPO39 · 4,489 residents 72.2▲ 35%violence
12Colwell BayPO40 · 4,489 residents 71.3▲ 8%violence
13BradingPO36 · 3,940 residents 62.9▲ 32%violence
14BinsteadPO33 · 10,903 residents 62.4▲ 19%violence
15FreshwaterPO40 · 8,603 residents 60.4▲ 27%violence
16MiddletonPO40 · 8,603 residents 59▲ 37%violence
17WroxallPO38 · 1,709 residents 49.20%violence
18NorthwoodPO31 · 2,279 residents 49.1▲ 17%violence
19WhippinghamPO32 · 3,620 residents 46.4▲ 11%violence
20NettlestonePO34 · 2,522 residents 41.2▲ 24%anti-social behaviour
21BembridgePO35 · 4,804 residents 38.3▲ 5%violence
22SeaviewPO34 · 2,522 residents 36.5▲ 10%anti-social behaviour
23WoottonPO33 · 4,985 residents 34.5▼ 22%violence
24EastonPO40 · 4,114 residents 32.1▲ 14%violence
25WinfordPO36 · 2,634 residents 28.9▲ 6%violence
26GurnardPO31 · 4,917 residents 20.3▲ 9%violence
27Freshwater BayPO40 · 2,314 residents 15.6–public order
28WhitwellPO38 · 1,526 residents 10.5–violence

Change compares the last three months with the three before. A dash means too few crimes to compare fairly.

Why busy centres look worst

Crimes are counted where they happen, but residents are counted where they live. Town centres and shopping areas have lots of shops, bars and visitors and not many residents, so their rates come out high even though most people there are just passing through.

How we work it out

Each area is a circle round its middle, the same as on its MeBabber page. We count the crimes police.uk records inside the circle over the last three months and turn that into a yearly figure, then divide by the number of people who live inside the circle, from the 2021 Census. Police locations are moved slightly on purpose to protect victims, so treat small differences between neighbouring areas with a pinch of salt.

Sources: data.police.uk and the Office for National Statistics, both under the Open Government Licence. Figures update every month.

Crime in every area

Questions people ask

Which areas of Isle of Wight have the lowest crime?

Over June to August 2026, the areas with the fewest crimes per 1,000 residents were Whitwell, Freshwater Bay, Gurnard, Winford and Easton.

Which areas of Isle of Wight have the highest crime?

Leaving aside the big shopping and industrial areas, where visitors and workers push the figures up, the highest rates over June to August 2026 were in Carisbrooke, Newport, Lake, Sandown and Bonchurch.

Is crime going up or down in Isle of Wight?

Across Isle of Wight, 3,362 crimes were recorded over June to August 2026, 11% more than the three months before.

How is crime per 1,000 residents worked out?

We count the crimes police.uk records inside each area, turn the last three months into a yearly figure, and divide by the number of people who live there from the 2021 Census.