Total Crime Rate

172.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

72.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 172.9 9/10
  • Violent crimes 72.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 57.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.6 8/10
  • Public order 15.0 9/10
  • Drugs 5.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.0 5/10
  • Burglary 2.5 1/10
  • Other crime 2.5 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Robbery 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cormorant Way area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Gaer , and the 17th highest crime rate of 501 local areas in Newport .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cormorant Way (NP10 8WT) in the last 12 months was 172.9 per 1,000 residents and was 299.0% higher than the Gaer average (43.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -57.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 72.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -43.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cormorant Way (NP10 8WT), the main crime hotspot is near Chaffinch Way. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Data Sources

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