Crime Rate in Stow Hill, ward

Stow Hill has the highest crime rate of 21 wards in Newport district and the 395th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Stow Hill in the last 12 months was 175.8 per 1,000 residents and was 267.0% higher than the Newport district average (47.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Stow Hill’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 363 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 10 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Robbery ( -59.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 512 (≈ 72.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Stow Hill ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Parking Area, with 117 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Shopping Area (41 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.