Crime Rate in Pillgwenlly, ward

Pillgwenlly has the 2nd highest crime rate of 21 wards in Newport district and the 181st highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Pillgwenlly in the last 12 months was 241.4 per 1,000 residents and was 90.0% higher than the Newport district average (127.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Pillgwenlly’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 590 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 11 cases , down -8.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 34.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -27.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 847 (≈ 98.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Pillgwenlly ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Shopping Area, with 148 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Police Station (90 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.