Crime Rate in Alway, ward

Alway has the 9th highest crime rate of 21 wards in Newport district and the 1957th lowest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Alway in the last 12 months was 42.4 per 1,000 residents and was 11.5% lower than the Newport district average (47.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Alway’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 133 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Burglary ( -70.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 178 (≈ 20.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -48.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Alway ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Arthur Bliss Road. Police recorded 63 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.