Total Crime Rate

135.4 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 135.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 35.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.1 9/10
  • Public order 16.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.8 9/10
  • Other crime 5.5 7/10
  • Other theft 5.5 5/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Loftus Avenue area has the 39th highest crime rate of 113 local areas in Alway , and the 146th 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 Loftus Avenue (NP19 0PA) in the last 12 months was 135.4 per 1,000 residents and was 20.2% higher than the Alway average (112.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -29.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 49.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Loftus Avenue (NP19 0PA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Slade Street, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rochester Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Loftus Avenue area

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Data Sources

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