Total Crime Rate

170.3 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 170.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 54.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 47.1 9/10
  • Public order 29.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.9 8/10
  • Burglary 7.3 7/10
  • Other theft 7.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Liswerry Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 113 local areas in Alway , and the 107th 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 4LJ) in the last 12 months was 170.3 per 1,000 residents and was 51.3% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 225.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 83.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 35.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 434.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Liswerry Road (NP19 4LJ), the main crime hotspot is near Longmeadow Court. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 18 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

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