Newport South
WardNorth east Telford and Wrekin. About 2,659 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.3 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 61% of people in Newport South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Newport South compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Newport South safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Newport South at a rate of 50.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 87.3 per 1,000 people across Telford and Wrekin.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 27 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Newport South.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (100), anti-social behaviour (23) and criminal damage and arson (18).
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.
Figures for the whole of Telford and Wrekin
These figures are published for the whole of Telford and Wrekin, not for each ward, so they describe all of Telford and Wrekin and not Newport South alone. See Telford and Wrekin
Newport South in brief
Newport South had 2,426 usual residents at the census.
About 61% of people in Newport South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Newport South, 90.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Newport South, 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.