Total Crime Rate

165.1 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 165.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 54.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 38.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 22.2 10/10
  • Other theft 12.7 9/10
  • Public order 6.4 5/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Other crime 3.2 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

James Street area has the 12th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Pillgwenlly , and the 114th 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 James Street (NP20 2GZ) in the last 12 months was 165.1 per 1,000 residents and was 31.6% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 60.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around James Street (NP20 2GZ), 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 James Street area

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Data Sources

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