Total Crime Rate

125.4 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 125.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.4 9/10
  • Other crime 17.4 10/10
  • Burglary 7.0 7/10
  • Drugs 7.0 7/10
  • Public order 7.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Monnow Way area has the 11th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Bettws , and the 162nd highest crime rate of 517 local areas in Newport .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Monnow Way (NP20 7BJ) in the last 12 months was 125.4 per 1,000 residents and was 6.9% lower 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 45.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -43.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Monnow Way (NP20 7BJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tone Close, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Clist Road (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Monnow Way area

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Data Sources

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