Total Crime Rate

2403.2 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 2403.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 655.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 516.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 376.3 10/10
  • Public order 301.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 158.6 10/10
  • Other theft 158.6 10/10
  • Burglary 53.8 10/10
  • Theft from the person 40.3 10/10
  • Other crime 32.3 10/10
  • Drugs 26.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 26.9 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 24.2 10/10
  • Robbery 21.5 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 10.8 10/10
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

Commercial Street area has the highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Allt-yr-yn , and the 2nd 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 Commercial Street (NP20 1JL) in the last 12 months was 2403.2 per 1,000 residents and was 2377.6% 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 Shoplifting with 244 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 4 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -46.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 316 (≈ 849.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Commercial Street (NP20 1JL), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 308 crimes here, including 116 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Commercial Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pentonville Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pentonville Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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