Crime Statistics for Pondwell, Ryde, Isle of Wight, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Pondwell in October 2024. There were a total of 45 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Pondwell, 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	22
Shoplifting	6
Anti Social Behaviour	5
Drugs	3
Public Order	2
Criminal Damage Arson	2
Other Crime	2
Other Theft	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
Vehicle Crime	1
All Crime	45

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Pondwell. 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 Pondwell

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Ryde (1.39 miles)	169
St John’s Park (0.88 miles)	166
Weeks (1.24 miles)	133
Pelhamfield (1.96 miles)	131
Appley (0.88 miles)	126
Oakfield (1.24 miles)	88
Pondwell	45
Binstead (2.56 miles)	22
Nettlestone (0.88 miles)	9
Ashey (2.77 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Pondwell?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Appley	105
Ryde	82
Oakfield	79
St John’s Park	73
Pelhamfield	62
Weeks	60
Pondwell	22
Binstead	18
Nettlestone	6
Ashey	0

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

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 Pondwell 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 Pondwell compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Pondwell and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Pondwell 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	Ryde West	47
7	Ryde East	46
8	Brading, St Helens and Bembridge	21
9	Wootton Bridge	20
10	Nettlestone and Seaview	19
11	Binstead and Fishbourne	10

Which road in Pondwell has the highest level of crime?

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