Total Crime Rate

91.7 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 91.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.0 8/10
  • Public order 11.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.6 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.7 3/10
  • Burglary 5.7 6/10
  • Other theft 5.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.7 5/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Other crime 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Chaucer Road area has the 55th lowest crime rate of 113 local areas in Alway , and the 224th highest crime rate of 517 local areas in Newport .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Chaucer Road (NP19 8HQ) in the last 12 months was 91.7 per 1,000 residents and was 18.6% lower 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 Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 54.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 47.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chaucer Road (NP19 8HQ), the main crime hotspot is near Rochester Road. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Chaucer Road area

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Data Sources

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