Newport property guide

Wales's third city, on the main line and priced below Cardiff.

This guide brings together the latest property, schools and crime data for Newport, Newport. Figures cover the 12 months to the end of May 2026 and are sourced from HM Land Registry, Police.uk and the DfE schools register. Trains reach Cardiff in about 15 minutes and London Paddington in about 1 hour 30 minutes.

Median sale price (12m)

£219,000

Sales registered (12m)

1,115

Open schools

60

About Newport

Newport's Victorian terraces around Maindee and Pillgwenlly sit beside suburban estates at Rogerstone and period stock in Caerleon, alongside its Roman fortress remains.

The Intellectual Property Office, a growing semiconductor cluster and the Celtic Manor resort anchor employment east and west of the city.

House prices in Newport

The median sale price in Newport over the last 12 months was £219,000, across 1,115 recorded transactions. That is 2.7% lower than the previous 12 months.

Terraced homes were the most-traded type in Newport, accounting for 399 of the period's sales at a median of £180,000.

Median price by property type, last 12 months

Type	Median price	Sales
Detached	£380,000	240
Semi-detached	£243,000	335
Terraced	£180,000	399
Flat	£125,000	103
Other	£181,000	38

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Schools in Newport

Newport has 60 open schools recorded in the DfE register, including 2 with a sixth form or 16-plus provision.

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Crime in Newport

In Newport, the largest reported categories over the last 12 months were violence and sexual offences (29.9%), anti-social behaviour (17.3%) and public order (11.6%).

Largest reported categories, last 12 months

Category	Share
Violence and sexual offences	29.9%
Anti-social behaviour	17.3%
Public order	11.6%
Criminal damage and arson	11.0%
Other theft	7.0%

See Newport crime breakdown

Postcode districts in Newport

Reported incident counts vary across postcode districts within the Newport boundary, partly reflecting where Police.uk anonymises locations and partly reflecting genuine differences in foot traffic and population density.

Postcode district	Reports (12m)
NP10	13,553
NP18	13,553
NP19	13,553
NP20	13,553
NP11	13,362

Frequently asked questions about Newport

The median sale price in Newport over the last 12 months was £219,000, based on HM Land Registry data.

There are 60 open schools listed in the DfE register within the Newport area, covering primary, secondary and sixth-form provision.

According to Police.uk, the most-reported category in Newport over the last 12 months was violence and sexual offences, out of around 13,553 recorded incidents.

Sale prices come from HM Land Registry, crime statistics from the Police.uk open-data feed, schools data from the Department for Education, flood data from the Environment Agency, and energy ratings from the EPC public register.

The figures refresh monthly as new data is published by each source.

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Newport sold prices

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Crime in Newport

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Schools in Newport

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