Total Crime Rate

630.1 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 630.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 174.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 130.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 85.4 10/10
  • Public order 65.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 44.7 10/10
  • Other theft 36.6 10/10
  • Drugs 24.4 10/10
  • Burglary 20.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.3 9/10
  • Other crime 12.2 10/10
  • Theft from the person 8.1 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.1 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.1 7/10
  • Robbery 4.1 6/10
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

Stow Hill area has the 4th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Allt-yr-yn , and the 9th highest crime rate of 517 local areas in Newport .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Stow Hill (NP20 1JH) in the last 12 months was 630.1 per 1,000 residents and was 549.6% higher than the Allt-yr-yn average (97.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 61 (≈ 248.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Stow Hill (NP20 1JH), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 333 crimes here, including 122 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Stow Hill area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Under investigation
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Data Sources

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