Total Crime Rate

171.8 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 171.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.2 9/10
  • Public order 34.4 10/10
  • Other theft 10.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.3 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.9 5/10
  • Other crime 6.9 8/10
  • Drugs 3.4 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Shoplifting 3.4 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Liswerry Road area has the 25th highest crime rate of 113 local areas in Alway , and the 105th highest crime rate of 517 local areas in Newport .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Liswerry Road (NP19 4LB) in the last 12 months was 171.8 per 1,000 residents and was 52.6% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 82.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Liswerry Road (NP19 4LB), the main crime hotspot is near Brookfield Close. Police recorded 46 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Liswerry Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
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Data Sources

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