The Isle of Wight (IOW) is a Unitary Authority which serves a population of just over 140,000 people.  It attracts many tourists via its links to the mainland from Lymington, Southampton and Portsmouth. 

Contact VRU by email: vru@hampshire.police.uk 

The VRU currently funds the following intervention projects on the Isle of Wight: 

RESET programme: This is a community-based intervention service for 18-25 year olds. The service is voluntary for young people that have offended and require guidance and support in moving away from offending and into employment, training or education.

Pol-ED: This programme allows schools to deliver a series of pre-planned lessons to pupils, enables Police Forces to engage with schools through lessons and assemblies, and enables local authorities and criminal justice partners to facilitate similar pre-planned lessons in their youth settings. Lessons are mapped out against the PSHE curriculum and subjects not covered in other PSHE schemes, created by experts.

Young Futures Prevention Panels (YFPPs): Multi-agency panels designed to identify, assess and refer into effective support young people who may be vulnerable to being drawn into crime. Individuals are identified by using data, where they are referred to panel, where services agree on how they can support that individual.

Isle of Wight Community Safety Partnership 

The Isle of Wight (IOW) Community Safety Partnership (CSP) believes that crime, disorder, anti-social behaviour and reducing the fear of crime can only be tackled effectively by working together. 

The current Partnership priorities are: 

• violent crime 
• reduce re-offending 
• anti-social behaviour and community cohesion 
• domestic violence and abuse and serious sexual offences 
• prevent 
• road safety 

Document links
2020/2021 Strategic Assessment (PDF, 2.25MB)  
2020/2022 Strategic Plan (PDF, 378KB). 

Website
Isle of Wight Community Safety Partnership (iow.gov.uk) 

Contact information
Community Safety Services
01983 823000