Total Crime Rate

223.0 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 223.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 98.0 10/10
  • Other theft 37.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.5 8/10
  • Public order 13.5 8/10
  • Burglary 10.1 8/10
  • Other crime 6.8 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.8 9/10
  • Shoplifting 6.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Royal Oak Drive area has the 15th highest crime rate of 113 local areas in Alway , and the 73rd highest crime rate of 517 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 Royal Oak Drive (NP18 1JD) in the last 12 months was 223.0 per 1,000 residents and was 98.1% higher than the Alway average (112.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 118.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Royal Oak Drive (NP18 1JD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Howard Close (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Royal Oak Drive area

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