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Figures reveal a rise in overall police-recorded crime on the Isle of Wight, with burglaries doubling, gun and knife possession offences on the up, but with a drop in theft and drug offences.
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The rise in attacks on staff and prisoners, revealed in figures from the Ministry of Justice, shows the scale of the task officers are facing. Prison reform campaigners have declared it a "national emergency".
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The Office for National Statistics has released for the first time, police-recorded crime data at a local level on stalking and harassment. OnTheWight has the figures for the Isle of Wight.
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Heart failure - most often caused by a heart attack - is becoming more common, with the condition costing the NHS over £2 billion a year. Latest data reveals a large rise in those with heart failure on the Isle of Wight.
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Great to hear that on the Isle of Wight more residents get the recommended two and a half hours of physical activity a week than the national average. With such great opportunities for walking here, is it a surprise?
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The differences between age groups and genders on the number of patients who attended hospital on the Isle of Wight with an alcohol related diagnosis in 2016-17 makes for interesting reading.
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The Isle of Wight has historically had some of the highest rates of teenage pregnancies, but latest figures reveal the trend has clearly moved in a different direction.
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Lots of interesting figures in this article about Isle of Wight average earnings and their comparison to the UK and the South East. Things like: Island taxpayers paid over £121m tax in the year 2015-16.
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Latest figures show a sharp increase in the number of patients on the Isle of Wight being admitted for knee and hip replacements due to their weight, as well as other obesity-related conditions. OnTheWight has the details.
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‘Child protection plans’ are put in place when there's a serious risk to a child’s health. Almost double the number of children (per 1,000) on the Isle of Wight were put under these plans than the rest of the South East (2016-17) - but the rate is dropping here whilst rising across the rest of the country.
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According to Prison Reform Trust, agencies have got much better at working with children before they offend, but a change in police policy and an overall fall in crime has seen an 87% drop in the number of youngsters entering the criminal justice system.
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Government figures show that over 11,000 children on the Isle of Wight didn't visit a dentist last year - That's nearly half - and the numbers going are dropping. The figures for adults are low too.
