Total Crime Rate

243.8 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 243.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 77.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 71.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.1 8/10
  • Public order 30.9 10/10
  • Burglary 9.3 8/10
  • Other theft 6.2 6/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Leach Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Bettws , and the 66th 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 Leach Road (NP20 7AF) in the last 12 months was 243.8 per 1,000 residents and was 81.0% higher than the Bettws average (134.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 74.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 133.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Leach Road (NP20 7AF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lambourne Way, where police recorded 89 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tone Close (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Leach Road area

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Data Sources

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