Crime in NP
How much crime is recorded in NP, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Newport
- Region
- Wales
- Population
- 535,052 (2024)
NPPostcode area · Newport
How safe is NP
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 37.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in NP, above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 8 of 10 against all council areas.
Higher than most council areas in England and Wales.
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates use each neighbourhood's latest twelve published months, which end between January 2026 and August 2026 because police forces publish on different schedules.