Crime Rate in Stow Hill, ward

Stow Hill has the highest crime rate of 21 wards in Newport district and the 30th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales.

The overall crime rate in Stow Hill in the last 12 months was 471.1 per 1,000 residents and was 270.8% higher than the Newport district average (127.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Stow Hill’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 979 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 25 cases , up 13.6% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 36.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -26.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,433 (≈ 202.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Stow Hill ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 333 crimes here, including 122 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.