Total Crime Rate

70.5 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 70.5 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.3 7/10
  • Public order 9.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Other theft 3.6 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • 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
  • 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

Potter Street area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Pillgwenlly , and the 246th lowest crime rate of 517 local areas in Newport .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Potter Street (NP20 2DD) in the last 12 months was 70.5 per 1,000 residents and was 70.8% lower than the Pillgwenlly average (241.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -9.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 45.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Potter Street (NP20 2DD), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 91 crimes here, including 54 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Potter Street area

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Data Sources

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