Total Crime Rate

87.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

33.9 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 87.5 7/10
  • Violent crimes 33.9 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.8 8/10
  • Public order 17.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.3 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.5 8/10
  • Other crime 7.1 8/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Burglary 1.8 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.8 1/10
  • Shoplifting 1.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Commercial Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Pillgwenlly , and the 69th highest crime rate of 501 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 Commercial Road (NP20 2PG) in the last 12 months was 87.5 per 1,000 residents and was 4.9% lower than the Pillgwenlly average (92.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -61.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 33.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -44.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Commercial Road (NP20 2PG), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 43 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Data Sources

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