Total Crime Rate

702.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 702.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 250.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 149.9 10/10
  • Public order 51.5 10/10
  • Other theft 47.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 40.3 10/10
  • Robbery 31.3 10/10
  • Theft from the person 29.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 29.1 10/10
  • Burglary 20.1 10/10
  • Drugs 13.4 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 11.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 11.2 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.0 9/10
  • Other crime 9.0 9/10
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

Princes Road area has the highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Newport , and the 17th highest crime rate of 457 local areas in Middlesbrough .

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 Princes Road (TS1 4BD) in the last 12 months was 702.5 per 1,000 residents and was 236.5% higher than the Newport average (208.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 112 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 4 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -53.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 154 (≈ 344.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Princes Road (TS1 4BD), the main crime hotspot is near Pelham Street. Police recorded 245 crimes here, including 119 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Princes Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/132)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Smith Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tennyson Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Baker Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Baker Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Tennyson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Tennyson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Tennyson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tennyson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tennyson Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Baker Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour University Of Teesside Campus —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson University Of Teesside Campus Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons University Of Teesside Campus Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences University Of Teesside Campus Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Portman Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Portman Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Portman Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Baker Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarendon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clifton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Clarendon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Linthorpe Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Linthorpe Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westward Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westward Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Princes Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Princes Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarendon Road —
Sep 2025Public order Clarendon Road Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

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