Total Crime Rate

320.6 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 320.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 155.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 66.2 9/10
  • Public order 28.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.3 7/10
  • Other theft 10.2 8/10
  • Other crime 5.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.1 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.5 2/10
  • Burglary 2.5 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Robbery 2.5 2/10
  • Drugs 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

Price Close area has the 8th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Pillgwenlly , and the 36th 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 Price Close (NP20 2NJ) in the last 12 months was 320.6 per 1,000 residents and was 32.8% higher than the Pillgwenlly average (241.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 61 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 99.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 265.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Price Close (NP20 2NJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 81 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lewis Close (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Price Close area

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