Crime · Newport

Reported crime in central Newport

Name: Newport crime statistics
Creator: police.uk
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

10,171 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 352 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

10,171

Rate / 1,000

352

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	3,371	33%
Anti social behaviour	1,472	14%
Shoplifting	1,108	11%
Public order	854	8%
Criminal damage and arson	776	8%
Vehicle crime	483	5%
Other theft	460	5%
Drugs	447	4%
Other crime	373	4%
Burglary	307	3%
Robbery	265	3%
Possession of weapons	116	1%
Theft from the person	83	1%
Bicycle theft	56	1%

Category by month

Category	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Total
Violence and sexual offences	239	246	269	261	299	261	325	284	285	292	297	313	3371
Anti social behaviour	181	165	138	107	116	145	98	103	91	80	125	123	1472
Shoplifting	68	65	72	73	82	81	91	103	126	141	109	97	1108
Public order	71	77	51	67	80	57	96	57	61	85	73	79	854
Criminal damage and arson	63	95	69	56	63	57	73	56	43	65	53	83	776
Vehicle crime	25	54	54	50	39	39	31	30	34	29	40	58	483
Other theft	31	25	39	34	36	37	55	39	31	36	50	47	460
Drugs	38	43	48	39	42	43	34	28	37	35	32	28	447
Other crime	27	40	26	39	26	36	37	19	40	38	25	20	373
Burglary	27	19	18	19	23	21	25	31	33	25	30	36	307
Robbery	16	23	16	26	21	22	21	14	19	30	29	28	265
Possession of weapons	5	8	12	7	6	15	15	7	9	10	10	12	116
Theft from the person	8	6	6	5	5	4	8	4	10	6	8	13	83
Bicycle theft	1	6	4	6	7	3	8	3	8		5	5	56
Total	800	872	822	789	845	821	917	778	827	872	886	942	10171

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Newport, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 28,896.