Crime Rate in Bettws, ward

Bettws has the 6th highest crime rate of 21 wards in Newport district and the 2281st lowest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Bettws in the last 12 months was 45.5 per 1,000 residents and was 5.0% lower than the Newport district average (47.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Bettws’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 147 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 2 cases , down -71.4% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Drugs ( -84.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 206 (≈ 24.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -43.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Bettws ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Itchen Close, with 34 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Livale Court (12 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.