Crime in PO30 5QN
How much crime is recorded in PO30 5QN, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Brighstone & Shalfleet
- Council
- Isle of Wight
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,632 (2024)
PO30 5QNNewport
How safe is PO30 5QN
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 15.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in the PO30 5QN area, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 28% since 2022.
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.