Total Crime Rate

62.7 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 62.7 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.8 4/10
  • Public order 5.2 5/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
  • 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

Somerton Road area has the 36th lowest crime rate of 113 local areas in Alway , and the 227th lowest crime rate of 517 local areas in Newport .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Somerton Road (NP19 8LD) in the last 12 months was 62.7 per 1,000 residents and was 44.3% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 20.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -76.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 23.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -71.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Somerton Road (NP19 8LD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Linden Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Somerton Road area

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Data Sources

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