Crime · Newtown

Reported crime in central Newtown

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

6,587 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 94 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

6,587

Rate / 1,000

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	2,134	32%
Anti social behaviour	1,321	20%
Shoplifting	687	10%
Public order	548	8%
Vehicle crime	402	6%
Other theft	361	5%
Burglary	265	4%
Drugs	241	4%
Criminal damage and arson	229	3%
Robbery	136	2%
Theft from the person	109	2%
Other crime	68	1%
Bicycle theft	43	1%
Possession of weapons	43	1%

Category by month

Category	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Total
Violence and sexual offences	191	167	189	135	169	140	179	176	208	194	216	170	2134
Anti social behaviour	95	106	97	99	68	96	107	117	117	121	166	132	1321
Shoplifting	67	66	62	49	35	46	41	41	54	78	61	87	687
Public order	54	49	44	38	41	48	51	43	36	48	46	50	548
Vehicle crime	32	27	30	32	35	30	34	48	41	31	36	26	402
Other theft	25	28	29	38	27	32	31	29	23	34	27	38	361
Burglary	35	16	28	27	16	20	19	23	17	27	22	15	265
Drugs	22	34	29	25	16	22	18	23	16	10	11	15	241
Criminal damage and arson	29	29	33	26	25	19	34	32	2				229
Robbery	18	13	13	9	5	7	13	6	14	12	9	17	136
Theft from the person	7	10	12	11	5	2	10	4	12	11	12	13	109
Other crime	9	4	6	5	7	2	5	8	12	4	3	3	68
Bicycle theft	3	2	2	5	1	3	4	3	7	1	3	9	43
Possession of weapons	6	5	7	5	2	2	4	4	2	2	3	1	43
Total	593	556	581	504	452	469	550	557	561	573	615	576	6587

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Newtown, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 69,763.