Total Crime Rate

133.3 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 133.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 70.4 9/10
  • Drugs 11.1 9/10
  • Public order 11.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.4 6/10
  • Other crime 7.4 8/10
  • Other theft 7.4 7/10
  • Robbery 7.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.7 2/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Beetle Close area has the 4th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Bishton and Langstone , and the 148th highest crime rate of 517 local areas in Newport .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Beetle Close (NP19 4DD) in the last 12 months was 133.3 per 1,000 residents and was 118.0% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 92.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beetle Close (NP19 4DD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pickle Line Road, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Anchorage Close (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Beetle Close area

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Data Sources

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