Total Crime Rate

311.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 311.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 58.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 56.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.9 9/10
  • Public order 29.4 10/10
  • Other theft 24.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.1 9/10
  • Drugs 17.2 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 12.3 10/10
  • Other crime 12.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.3 8/10
  • Burglary 4.9 5/10
  • Robbery 4.9 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sandpiper Way area has the 4th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Gaer , and the 39th highest crime rate of 517 local areas in Newport .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sandpiper Way (NP10 8WY) in the last 12 months was 311.3 per 1,000 residents and was 166.4% higher than the Gaer average (116.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -48.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 90.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sandpiper Way (NP10 8WY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tredegar House Drive, where police recorded 77 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sandpiper Way area

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Data Sources

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