Total Crime Rate

120.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 120.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.6 9/10
  • Shoplifting 19.5 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.3 9/10
  • Public order 6.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.5 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.3 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.3 4/10
  • Burglary 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
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 46th highest crime rate of 113 local areas in Alway , and the 170th 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 8NP) in the last 12 months was 120.5 per 1,000 residents and was 7.1% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -94.1% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -94.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 65.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chepstow Road (NP19 8NP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sgwar Loftus, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rochester Road (23 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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