Total Crime Rate

165.8 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 165.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.3 8/10
  • Burglary 17.3 10/10
  • Other theft 12.4 8/10
  • Other crime 7.4 8/10
  • Public order 7.4 6/10
  • Robbery 7.4 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Bow 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.

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Crime Over Time in Bow Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Warwick Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order St Paul'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wentworth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pelham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pelham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pelham Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waverley Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Waverley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Portman Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wentworth Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Portman Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Portman Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Charlie Wood Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clifton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clifton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clifton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wentworth Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wentworth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Craven Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tennyson Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pelham Street Under investigation
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 Pelham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pelham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pelham Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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