Total Crime Rate

354.8 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 354.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 123.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 85.0 10/10
  • Public order 49.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 44.0 10/10
  • Other crime 17.6 10/10
  • Drugs 14.7 9/10
  • Other theft 8.8 7/10
  • Burglary 5.9 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.9 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Liswerry Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 113 local areas in Alway , and the 26th 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 Liswerry Road (NP19 9QR) in the last 12 months was 354.8 per 1,000 residents and was 215.2% 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 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 383.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 60 (≈ 176.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 53.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 55.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Liswerry Road (NP19 9QR), the main crime hotspot is near Arthur Bliss Road. Police recorded 82 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Liswerry Road area

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Data Sources

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