Total Crime Rate

266.5 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 266.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 89.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 62.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 59.9 10/10
  • Public order 24.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 9.0 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.0 7/10
  • Burglary 6.0 6/10
  • Drugs 3.0 2/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • 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
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

Tone Close area has the 4th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Bettws , and the 56th 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 Tone Close (NP20 7AU) in the last 12 months was 266.5 per 1,000 residents and was 97.8% higher than the Bettws average (134.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 113.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -45.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 91.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tone Close (NP20 7AU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lambourne Way, where police recorded 89 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Darent Close (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Tone Close area

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Data Sources

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