Total Crime Rate

270.6 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 270.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 113.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 38.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.6 9/10
  • Drugs 18.0 10/10
  • Other theft 15.5 9/10
  • Public order 15.5 9/10
  • Other crime 12.9 10/10
  • Robbery 10.3 9/10
  • Burglary 7.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.7 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.2 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.2 8/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Gresham Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Newport , and the 79th 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 Gresham Road (TS1 4LR) in the last 12 months was 270.6 per 1,000 residents and was 29.6% 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 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -57.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 56 (≈ 144.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gresham Road (TS1 4LR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Outram Street, where police recorded 91 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Craven Street (44 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Gresham Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warwick Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wentworth Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wentworth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Warwick Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Warwick Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Warwick Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warwick Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Craven Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wentworth Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wentworth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lovaine Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chester Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Faraday Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waverley Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Waverley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Faraday Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chester Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Princes Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Howe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parliament Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Aire Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Craven Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Warwick Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Union Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Craven Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Parliament Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parliament Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Warwick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Warwick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Warwick Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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