Total Crime Rate

291.0 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 291.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 87.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 70.2 10/10
  • Public order 53.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.1 10/10
  • Other crime 20.1 10/10
  • Burglary 13.4 9/10
  • Shoplifting 10.0 5/10
  • Other theft 6.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Fairoak Avenue area has the 8th highest crime rate of 113 local areas in Alway , and the 45th highest crime rate of 517 local areas in Newport .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Fairoak Avenue (NP19 8FW) in the last 12 months was 291.0 per 1,000 residents and was 158.5% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 140.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fairoak Avenue (NP19 8FW), the main crime hotspot is near Duckpool Road. Police recorded 87 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Fairoak Avenue area

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Data Sources

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