Total Crime Rate

300.6 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 300.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 109.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 70.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.4 8/10
  • Public order 22.5 9/10
  • Burglary 8.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.4 6/10
  • Drugs 8.4 8/10
  • Other theft 8.4 7/10
  • Other crime 5.6 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Malpas Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Malpas , and the 42nd highest crime rate of 517 local areas in Newport .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Malpas Road (NP20 6GT) in the last 12 months was 300.6 per 1,000 residents and was 286.9% higher than the Malpas average (77.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 56.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 75.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -32.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 35.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Malpas Road (NP20 6GT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Malpas Road, where police recorded 59 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near A4051 (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Data Sources

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