Total Crime Rate

143.8 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 143.8 9/10
  • Shoplifting 50.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.1 6/10
  • Public order 20.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.4 6/10
  • Other crime 6.7 8/10
  • Other theft 6.7 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 5/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Waterside Court area has the 24th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Allt-yr-yn , and the 134th highest crime rate of 517 local areas in Newport .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Waterside Court (NP20 5NT) in the last 12 months was 143.8 per 1,000 residents and was 48.3% 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 Shoplifting with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 56.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waterside Court (NP20 5NT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Turnstiles, where police recorded 61 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Waterside Court area

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Data Sources

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