Total Crime Rate

193.6 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 193.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.4 9/10
  • Public order 32.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.9 7/10
  • Burglary 17.9 10/10
  • Drugs 14.3 9/10
  • Other theft 14.3 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.2 9/10
  • Theft from the person 3.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Blewitt Street area has the 18th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Allt-yr-yn , and the 91st highest crime rate of 517 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 Blewitt Street (NP20 4DB) in the last 12 months was 193.6 per 1,000 residents and was 99.5% higher than the Allt-yr-yn average (97.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 96.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blewitt Street (NP20 4DB), the main crime hotspot is near Cambrian Road. Police recorded 307 crimes here, including 98 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Blewitt Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (2/2)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pentonville Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pentonville Under investigation
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Data Sources

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