Postcode · Newport
Crime in NP20 5PH
How much crime is recorded in NP20 5PH, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Shaftesbury & Crindai
- Council
- Newport
- Region
- Wales
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,405 (2024)
How safe is NP20 5PH
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 29.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the NP20 5PH area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
29.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
48
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
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).
NP20 5PHNational
Violence and sexual offences21.923.6
Anti-social behaviour8.410.7
Burglary7.49.1
Vehicle crime4.23.5
Public order3.54.6
Criminal damage and arson2.94.7
Other theft1.74.5
Shoplifting1.28.4
Other crime0.71.5
Drugs0.62.4
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Robbery0.31.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 26% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.