Crime Statistics for Foreland, Bembridge, Isle of Wight, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Foreland in August 2024. There were a total of 21 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Foreland, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	12
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Other Crime	2
Burglary	2
Public Order	1
All Crime	21

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Foreland. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Foreland

We've taken the ten nearest places to Foreland and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Foreland has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
St John’s Park (4.58 miles)	191
Appley (4.58 miles)	168
Adgestone (4.65 miles)	124
Morton (3.87 miles)	71
Pondwell (3.72 miles)	53
Lane End (0.76 miles)	36
Nettlestone (2.86 miles)	26
Foreland	23
Foreland Fields (0.76 miles)	16
Bembridge (1.31 miles)	14

Where are the most violent places near Foreland?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Foreland and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
St John’s Park	78
Appley	70
Adgestone	54
Pondwell	44
Morton	35
Lane End	21
Foreland	12
Bembridge	12
Foreland Fields	11
Nettlestone	8

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Foreland?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Foreland to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Foreland compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Foreland and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Foreland is ranked #10.

#	Ward	Score
1	Ryde North East	77
2	Sandown North	72
3	Ryde North West	72
4	Sandown South	71
5	Ryde South	56
6	Lake North	49
7	Ryde West	47
8	Ryde East	46
9	Lake South	43
10	Brading, St Helens and Bembridge	21
11	Nettlestone and Seaview	19

Which road in Foreland has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Foreland with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.