Total Crime Rate
165.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bow Street area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Newport , and the 161st 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 Bow Street (TS1 4BT) in the last 12 months was 165.8 per 1,000 residents and was 20.6% lower 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 79.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bow Street (TS1 4BT), 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.
View Crime In Newport| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Warwick Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Paul'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wentworth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pelham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pelham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pelham Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Waverley Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Waverley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Portman Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wentworth Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Portman Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Portman Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Charlie Wood Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Clifton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wentworth Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wentworth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Craven Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tennyson Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Pelham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tennyson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Tennyson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Tennyson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Tennyson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tennyson Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pelham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pelham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pelham Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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