Total Crime Rate

131.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 131.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.7 6/10
  • Shoplifting 11.7 6/10
  • Public order 9.4 7/10
  • Burglary 7.0 7/10
  • Other theft 4.7 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.7 7/10
  • Drugs 2.4 1/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Robbery 2.4 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Oxford Street area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Newport , and the 203rd highest crime rate of 457 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 Oxford Street (TS1 4NN) in the last 12 months was 131.5 per 1,000 residents and was 37.0% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 72.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -39.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Oxford Street (TS1 4NN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Caxton Street, where police recorded 104 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 Oxford Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Caxton Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parliament Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brompton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Aire Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Aire Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Aire Street
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bush Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oliver Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oliver Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Chesham Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chesham Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chesham Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parliament Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parliament Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chesham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chester Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chesham Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Park Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cobham Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Cobham Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cobham Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cobham Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Linthorpe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Linthorpe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Linthorpe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Linthorpe Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Linthorpe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Linthorpe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Linthorpe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chester Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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