Crime Rate in Bettws, ward

Bettws has the 5th highest crime rate of 21 wards in Newport district and the 853rd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Bettws in the last 12 months was 134.7 per 1,000 residents and was 6.1% higher than the Newport district average (127.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Bettws’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 384 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 3 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 11.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -58.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 535 (≈ 63.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Bettws ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Lambourne Way, with 89 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Monnow Way (31 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.