Total Crime Rate
24.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
12.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Marlowe Gardens area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 37 local areas in Gaer , and the 228th lowest crime rate of 501 local areas in Newport .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Marlowe Gardens (NP20 3LD) in the last 12 months was 24.3 per 1,000 residents and was 44.0% lower than the Gaer average (43.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -62.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 12.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -58.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Marlowe Gardens (NP20 3LD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ben Jonson Way, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Park Crescent (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
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