Total Crime Rate

139.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

55.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 139.4 9/10
  • Violent crimes 55.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.4 7/10
  • Burglary 13.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.9 9/10
  • Drugs 7.0 7/10
  • Robbery 7.0 8/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Nesham Road area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Newport , and the 199th highest crime rate of 456 local areas in Middlesbrough .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Nesham Road (TS1 4HT) in the last 12 months was 139.4 per 1,000 residents and was 31.3% lower than the Newport average (202.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -63.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 55.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nesham Road (TS1 4HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nugent Avenue, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Carey Close (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Nesham Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other crime Surrey Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Laycock Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nugent Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nugent Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nugent Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Nugent Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Nugent Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Surrey Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Surrey Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Nugent Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Waterford Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Laycock Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mills Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Laycock Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Laycock Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Surrey Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Laycock Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Kildare Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Kildare Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Kildare Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Kildare Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Kildare Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Wicklow Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Kildare Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Kildare Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wembley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wembley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wembley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Surrey Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Nugent Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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