Total Crime Rate

97.5 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 97.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.7 9/10
  • Burglary 9.4 8/10
  • Other theft 9.4 8/10
  • Public order 9.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.1 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Preston Avenue area has the 29th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Allt-yr-yn , and the 212th 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 Preston Avenue (NP20 4JE) in the last 12 months was 97.5 per 1,000 residents and was 0.5% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 37.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Preston Avenue (NP20 4JE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ombersley Road, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ombersley Lane (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Preston Avenue area

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Data Sources

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