Total Crime Rate

142.5 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 142.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 37.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.9 9/10
  • Public order 14.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.4 8/10
  • Drugs 8.6 8/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 35th highest crime rate of 113 local areas in Alway , and the 136th 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 Liswerry Road (NP19 4LH) in the last 12 months was 142.5 per 1,000 residents and was 26.5% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 59.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Liswerry Road (NP19 4LH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Moorland Gardens, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Aberthaw Drive (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Liswerry Road area

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Data Sources

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