Total Crime Rate

130.1 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 130.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.5 9/10
  • Drugs 12.2 9/10
  • Burglary 10.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.1 5/10
  • Other theft 4.1 4/10
  • Public order 4.1 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Robbery 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Priory Crescent area has the 5th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Bishton and Langstone , and the 153rd 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 Priory Crescent (NP18 2JF) in the last 12 months was 130.1 per 1,000 residents and was 112.7% higher than the Bishton and Langstone average (61.2 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 Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -77.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 65.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Priory Crescent (NP18 2JF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Priory View, where police recorded 8 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Blossom Grove (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Priory Crescent area

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Data Sources

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