Crime Rate in Lliswerry, ward

Lliswerry has the 3rd highest crime rate of 21 wards in Newport district and the 689th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Lliswerry in the last 12 months was 145.6 per 1,000 residents and was 14.6% higher than the Newport district average (127.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Lliswerry’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 563 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 7 cases , down -12.5% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 30.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -41.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 789 (≈ 57.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Lliswerry ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 226 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Nash Road (43 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.