Total Crime Rate

350.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

93.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 350.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 163.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 93.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.6 8/10
  • Public order 35.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 23.4 7/10
  • Other theft 17.5 9/10
  • Drugs 11.7 9/10
  • Other crime 5.9 7/10
  • Robbery 5.9 7/10
  • Theft from the person 5.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Pillgwenlly , and the 6th highest crime rate of 501 local areas in Newport .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Commercial Road (NP20 2PP) in the last 12 months was 350.9 per 1,000 residents and was 281.5% higher 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violent crimes ( -62.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 93.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -62.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 39.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Commercial Road (NP20 2PP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 66 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Commercial Road area

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Data Sources

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