Total Crime Rate

205.0 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 205.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 77.7 9/10
  • Public order 35.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.7 9/10
  • Other theft 14.1 9/10
  • Other crime 10.6 9/10
  • Drugs 7.1 7/10
  • Robbery 7.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Welland Crescent area has the 8th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Bettws , and the 84th 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 Welland Crescent (NP20 7BH) in the last 12 months was 205.0 per 1,000 residents and was 52.1% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 120.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 32.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Welland Crescent (NP20 7BH), the main crime hotspot is near Clist Road. Police recorded 55 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Welland Crescent area

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Data Sources

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