Total Crime Rate

205.4 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 205.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 76.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 28.6 10/10
  • Public order 28.6 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.1 8/10
  • Drugs 7.1 7/10
  • Other crime 7.1 8/10
  • Shoplifting 5.4 4/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.8 1/10
  • Robbery 1.8 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Commercial Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Pillgwenlly , and the 82nd highest crime rate of 517 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 2PJ) in the last 12 months was 205.4 per 1,000 residents and was 14.9% lower than the Pillgwenlly average (241.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 138.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 66.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Commercial Road (NP20 2PJ), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 119 crimes here, including 60 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Commercial Road area

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Data Sources

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