Crime Rates at Hoskins Street, Newport, NP20 5LA

Hoskins Street area has the 19th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Allt-yr-yn , and the 106th highest crime rate of 517 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 Hoskins Street (NP20 5LA) in the last 12 months was 170.7 per 1,000 residents and was 76.0% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -87.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 73.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 12.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hoskins Street (NP20 5LA), the main crime hotspot is near Shaftesbury Street. Police recorded 64 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.