Total Crime Rate

57.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 57.6 5/10
  • Public order 16.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.5 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.4 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.2 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Forge Close area has the 10th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Caerleon , and the 209th lowest crime rate of 517 local areas in Newport .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Forge Close (NP18 3PU) in the last 12 months was 57.6 per 1,000 residents and was 29.5% lower than the Caerleon average (81.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -69.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 37.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 15.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Forge Close (NP18 3PU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cherry Tree Close, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Forge Close (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Forge Close area

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Data Sources

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