NP20
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Newport, Pillgwenlly and Bettws, in Newport.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an NP20 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NP20, 92.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NP20 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NP20 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NP20 at a rate of 198.7 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 1,172 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NP20.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (3,748), other crime (2,198) and anti-social behaviour (2,196).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NP20 was 183.4 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in NP20, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NP20 has no single figure. Of its 34 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (Wales’s most deprived 10%): 10 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (Wales’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales.
Neighbourhoods in NP20
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newport 002A | 1,439 | 59.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.0% |
| Newport 002B | 1,651 | 167.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 73.5% |
| Newport 002C | 1,359 | 37.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Newport 002D | 1,585 | 115.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Newport 002E | 1,569 | 38.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.6% |
| Newport 003A | 1,479 | 255.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.0% |
| Newport 003B | 1,124 | 120.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.6% |
| Newport 003C | 1,380 | 187.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.9% |
| Newport 003D | 1,688 | 129.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.1% |
| Newport 003E | 1,419 | 110.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.7% |
| Newport 003F | 1,205 | 110.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.4% |
| Newport 006A | 1,551 | 145.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.9% |
| Newport 006B | 1,340 | 288.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.3% |
| Newport 006C | 1,396 | 74.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.4% |
| Newport 006D | 1,096 | 158.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.3% |
| Newport 006E | 1,412 | 60.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Newport 012A | 1,848 | 51.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.2% |
| Newport 012B | 1,624 | 34.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.0% |
| Newport 012C | 1,519 | 134.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.5% |
| Newport 012D | 1,494 | 58.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.6% |
| Newport 014A | 1,462 | 117.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.5% |
| Newport 014B | 1,701 | 1,037.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 66.9% |
| Newport 014C | 1,290 | 271.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.1% |
| Newport 014D | 2,333 | 779.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 75.9% |
| Newport 017A | 1,375 | 89.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.1% |
| Newport 017B | 1,656 | 77.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Newport 017C | 1,343 | 62.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.7% |
| Newport 017D | 1,407 | 104.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| Newport 018A | 1,913 | 194.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.6% |
| Newport 018B | 2,724 | 186.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 90.8% |
| Newport 018C | 2,978 | 209.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 81.2% |
| Newport 018D | 1,676 | 275.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.8% |
| Newport 019A | 1,719 | 164.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.4% |
| Newport 019B | 1,480 | 111.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
MPs for NP20
- Jessica MordenLabourMP for Newport East68% of NP20’s postcodes
- Ruth JonesLabourMP for Newport West and Islwyn32% of NP20’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in NP207
Postcode sectors in NP208
Council1
Towns in NP201
Postcode districts next to NP203
Nearest rail stations3
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NP20 in brief
NP20 is a postcode district covering Newport, Pillgwenlly and Bettws, in Newport.
About 58,097 people lived in NP20 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £215,000 in 2025 across 713 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 198.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NP20 was £215,000 in 2025.
NP20 had 54,687 usual residents at the census.
In NP20, 92.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NP20, 5.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.