Photo: Martin Ridley · Public domainViolence recorded in Rogerstone is down 38% in a year, while towns its size held steady
On violence it beats 69% of UK towns; on burglary, vehicle crime and damage, only 46%. Overall, it grades B for safety (#3 of 38 in Gwent). Each year brought 17.5 violent and sexual offences and 10.1 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage for every 1,000 residents.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Rogerstone
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 38% less violent crime per resident in Rogerstone than in the year before; across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people violent crime held steady. Burglary, vehicle crime and criminal damage fell 18% (towns its size: held steady). Trend ↓
Less crime than many places its size
Of 546 UK towns of 5,000 to 10,000 people, Rogerstone has the 127th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Bradford-on-Avon, Llantwit Major and Whitburn, higher than Henfield, Rhoose and Littlestone-on-Sea. Towns its size ↓
Many neighbourhoods rank low for crime in Wales
The Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 ranks every neighbourhood in Wales on community safety. 17% of Rogerstone’s residents live in one of the lowest-crime 10%, and 0% in one of the highest-crime 20%. Neighbourhood ranks ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
Inside Rogerstone’s B for safety
A fairly firm grade. Built on 625 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Rogerstone against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
How crime in Rogerstone has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling twelve-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent -38% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles -18% (towns its size -1%), shoplifting and theft -63% (towns its size +2%), anti-social behaviour -15% (towns its size +0%).
1 in 6 Rogerstone residents lives in one of Wales’s lowest-crime neighbourhoods
34% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of Wales’s neighbourhoods, and 0% in the highest-crime 20%. The community safety domain scores recorded crime, anti-social behaviour and fire incidents where people live, so it can read differently from the town-wide rate, which counts crimes where they happened.
Rogerstone’s residents by the crime decile of their neighbourhood (LSOA, about 1,500 people) in the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (community safety domain), where 1 is the highest-crime 10% of Wales’s neighbourhoods and 10 the lowest.
Set against 546 towns its size, Rogerstone is 127th
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Merley Dorset | 5,489 | 8.4 | 2.8 | 3.8 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 110 | Undy and Magor Gwent | 5,742 | 18.6 | 8 | 4.1 | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 124 | Henfield West Sussex | 5,630 | 20 | 7.5 | 4.9 | B |
| 125 | Rhoose South Glamorgan | 6,776 | 20.3 | 7.2 | 4.7 | B |
| 126 | Littlestone-on-Sea Kent | 5,271 | 21.4 | 6.1 | 2.8 | B |
| 127 | Rogerstone Gwent | 7,546 | 17.5 | 10.1 | 9.6 | B |
| 128 | Aston Clinton Buckinghamshire | 5,511 | 19.7 | 8 | 3.6 | B |
| 129 | East Leake Nottinghamshire | 8,551 | 18.5 | 9.3 | 5.3 | B |
| 130 | Durrington Wiltshire | 5,718 | 19.4 | 8.5 | 4.3 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 218 | Oakdale Gwent | 6,126 | 24.1 | 9 | 3.7 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 384 | Pontllanfraith Gwent | 9,363 | 31.7 | 15.2 | 7.4 | C |
| … | ||||||
| 400 | Caldicot Gwent | 9,813 | 34.8 | 14.1 | 9.8 | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 546 | City of London London | 7,820 | 252.8 | 111.5 | 710 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Rogerstone, and others in Gwent.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Rogerstone runs highest on vehicle crime (2.9 per 1,000 against 2), public order (4.8 per 1,000 against 3.6) and shoplifting (2.1 per 1,000 against 1.8). Other theft and violence & sexual offences sit below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 97 | 12.9 | 22.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 61 | 8.1 | 8.8 |
| Public order | not graded | 36 | 4.8 | 3.6 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 34 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 22 | 2.9 | 2 |
| Other theft | not graded | 17 | 2.3 | 3.2 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 16 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 11 | 1.5 | 1.9 |
| Other crime | not graded | 8 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
| Drugs | not graded | 3 | 0.4 | 1 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 3 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Robbery | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Police name a suspect about as often as across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 65% of Rogerstone’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 13% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (68% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 3% of violent and 0% of household crimes reached court.
The latest outcome police.uk shows for each crime recorded in the first of the three years (September 2023 to August 2024), so most cases have closed. 214 crimes.
Crime in Rogerstone per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 9 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 5 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
No one died in a collision on Rogerstone’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 11 collisions with injuries inside Rogerstone in five years. 5 people were killed or seriously injured: 0 on foot and 1 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people (81%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Rogerstone is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Rogerstone’s size at the median for UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people would see about 6 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Rogerstone had 5.
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Collisions police recorded inside Rogerstone’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Rogerstone
Rogerstone records more graded crime per resident than 1 of its 7 neighbours. Marshfield, 4.3 miles away, records 11.7 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Rogerstone’s 17.5.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Rogerstone sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Rogerstone
Is Rogerstone safe?
Police recorded 17.5 violent and sexual offences and 10.1 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Rogerstone’s built-up area). That earns a B for safety: less crime per resident than 62% of UK towns. Among 546 UK towns of 5,000 to 10,000 people, Rogerstone is 127th from the least crime. 17% of residents live in neighbourhoods in Wales’s lowest-crime 10%.
Is crime going up in Rogerstone?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 38%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 18%, shoplifting and theft fell 63% and anti-social behaviour fell 15%. Across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Rogerstone?
Violence & sexual offences: 97 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came public order (36) and criminal damage & arson (34), with 61 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Rogerstone compare with Newport?
Newport records 55.8 violent and sexual offences and 25.6 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Rogerstone’s 17.5 and 10.1, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · Welsh Government Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, community safety domain by LSOA · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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