Total Crime Rate

95.8 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 95.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.8 6/10
  • Burglary 15.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.5 6/10
  • Public order 7.7 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Medlock Crescent area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in Bettws , and the 215th highest crime rate of 517 local areas in Newport .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Medlock Crescent (NP20 7EH) in the last 12 months was 95.8 per 1,000 residents and was 28.9% lower than the Bettws average (134.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 14.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 34.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -55.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Medlock Crescent (NP20 7EH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lambourne Way, where police recorded 89 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cornbrook Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Medlock Crescent area

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Data Sources

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