Total Crime Rate

426.3 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 426.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 189.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 60.9 10/10
  • Public order 44.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 35.3 10/10
  • Other theft 25.6 10/10
  • Robbery 19.2 10/10
  • Burglary 16.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 12.8 6/10
  • Drugs 9.6 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.4 8/10
  • Other crime 3.2 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.2 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Stow Hill area has the 8th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Allt-yr-yn , and the 18th 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 Stow Hill (NP20 4DT) in the last 12 months was 426.3 per 1,000 residents and was 339.5% 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 59 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -56.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 79 (≈ 253.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 19.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 58.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Stow Hill (NP20 4DT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 150 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near King Street (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Stow Hill area

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Data Sources

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