Total Crime Rate

210.5 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 210.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 76.3 9/10
  • Public order 36.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.7 10/10
  • Drugs 13.2 9/10
  • Other theft 10.5 8/10
  • Shoplifting 10.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.9 7/10
  • Burglary 5.3 6/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Bicycle 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

Chepstow Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 113 local areas in Alway , and the 79th 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 Chepstow Road (NP19 8BY) in the last 12 months was 210.5 per 1,000 residents and was 87.0% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 113.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chepstow Road (NP19 8BY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gloster Street, where police recorded 106 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Duckpool Road (42 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Chepstow Road area

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Data Sources

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