A STRONG police presence has been felt in Ventnor this morning (Sunday), following reports of an assault.

Police were called at 8.46am to reports that a woman in her 40s had been assaulted at an address on Albert Street.

Officers attended the scene and arrested a 36-year-old man from Ventnor on suspicion of assaulting a person, thereby occasioning them actual bodily harm.

He remains in police custody at this time.