Total Crime Rate

219.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

113.8 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 219.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 113.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 89.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.6 9/10
  • Shoplifting 32.5 7/10
  • Public order 20.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.2 8/10
  • Other theft 12.2 8/10
  • Other crime 8.1 9/10
  • Robbery 4.1 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Stow Hill area has the 5th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Allt-yr-yn , and the 11th highest crime rate of 501 local areas in Newport .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Stow Hill (NP20 4DX) in the last 12 months was 219.5 per 1,000 residents and was 475.8% higher than the Allt-yr-yn average (38.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 113.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -39.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Stow Hill (NP20 4DX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cambrian Road, where police recorded 116 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (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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