Total Crime Rate

375.0 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 375.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 125.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 108.2 10/10
  • Public order 31.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.4 10/10
  • Drugs 19.2 10/10
  • Other crime 14.4 10/10
  • Other theft 14.4 9/10
  • Burglary 9.6 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.2 9/10
  • Shoplifting 7.2 4/10
  • Robbery 4.8 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.8 5/10
  • Theft from the person 2.4 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 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 6th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Pillgwenlly , and the 23rd 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 2PL) in the last 12 months was 375.0 per 1,000 residents and was 55.4% higher 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 52 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 63 (≈ 151.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Commercial Road (NP20 2PL), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 148 crimes here, including 90 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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