Total Crime Rate
675.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lamport Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Newport , and the 20th highest crime rate of 457 local areas in Middlesbrough .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lamport Street (TS1 5QL) in the last 12 months was 675.3 per 1,000 residents and was 223.5% 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 54 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -90.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 76 (≈ 329.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lamport Street (TS1 5QL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nugent Avenue, where police recorded 73 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Carey Close (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Newport| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Victoria Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wembley Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nugent Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nugent Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nugent Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nugent Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nugent Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Victoria Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carey Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Carey Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlow Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Carey Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wembley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Gough Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wembley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wembley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Meath Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Longford Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Longford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Longford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Longford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wicklow Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wicklow Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wicklow Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wicklow Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nugent Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Nesham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Orwell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Howard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Orwell Street | Under investigation |
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