Total Crime Rate

675.3 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 675.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 233.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 108.2 10/10
  • Public order 82.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 77.9 10/10
  • Other theft 39.0 10/10
  • Burglary 34.6 10/10
  • Other crime 30.3 10/10
  • Drugs 21.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 13.0 6/10
  • Theft from the person 13.0 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.7 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.3 7/10
  • Robbery 4.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.3 4/10
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

Lamport 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.

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Crime Over Time in Lamport Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Victoria Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wembley Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nugent Avenue
Sep 2025Public order Nugent Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nugent Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nugent Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nugent Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Victoria Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carey Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Carey Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carlow Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Carey Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Wembley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Gough Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Wembley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wembley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Meath Street
Sep 2025Drugs Longford Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Longford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wicklow Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wicklow Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wicklow Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wicklow Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nugent Avenue
Sep 2025Burglary Nesham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Orwell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Howard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Orwell Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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