Total Crime Rate

333.3 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 333.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 128.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 62.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 44.0 9/10
  • Public order 29.3 10/10
  • Drugs 7.3 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.7 5/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • Other theft 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

Bettws Shopping Centre area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Bettws , and the 33rd 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 Bettws Shopping Centre (NP20 7TN) in the last 12 months was 333.3 per 1,000 residents and was 147.4% higher than the Bettws average (134.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 76.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bettws Shopping Centre (NP20 7TN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lambourne Way, where police recorded 89 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Monnow Way (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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