Central Rural
WardSouth east Isle of Wight. About 3,547 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 54 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 12% of people in Central Rural live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Central Rural compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Central Rural safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Central Rural at a rate of 42.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 84.0 per 1,000 people across Isle of Wight.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 18 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Central Rural.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (102), other crime (28) and anti-social behaviour (17).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Isle of Wight
These figures are published for the whole of Isle of Wight, not for each ward, so they describe all of Isle of Wight and not Central Rural alone. See Isle of Wight
Central Rural in brief
Central Rural had 3,558 usual residents at the census.
About 12% of people in Central Rural live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Central Rural, 57.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Central Rural, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.