Total Crime Rate

173.3 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 173.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 65.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.7 7/10
  • Public order 32.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.2 6/10
  • Drugs 7.2 7/10
  • Other crime 7.2 8/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Balfe Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Ringland , and the 104th highest crime rate of 517 local areas in Newport .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Balfe Road (NP19 9RB) in the last 12 months was 173.3 per 1,000 residents and was 20.7% higher than the Ringland average (143.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 72.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Balfe Road (NP19 9RB), 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 Balfe Road area

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Data Sources

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