NP18
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Caerleon and Ponthir, 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 NP18 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NP18, 84.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NP18 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NP18 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NP18 at a rate of 78.9 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 120 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NP18.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (533), other crime (278) and anti-social behaviour (236).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NP18 was 81.2 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 NP18, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NP18 has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 4 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 NP18
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newport 001A | 1,407 | 110.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 79.4% |
| Newport 001B | 1,208 | 30.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.6% |
| Newport 001C | 1,176 | 78.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 62.7% |
| Newport 001D | 1,507 | 99.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.1% |
| Newport 001E | 1,612 | 35.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 92.7% |
| Newport 001F | 1,061 | 176.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 84.5% |
| Newport 004A | 2,179 | 68.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 90.5% |
| Newport 004C | 1,362 | 72.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 80.8% |
| Newport 004E | 1,661 | 40.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.2% |
| Newport 004G | 1,780 | 99.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 81.0% |
| Torfaen 013D | 1,380 | 34.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 74.4% |
MPs for NP18
- Jessica MordenLabourMP for Newport East89% of NP18’s postcodes
- Nick Thomas-SymondsLabourMP for Torfaen8.2% of NP18’s postcodes
- Catherine FookesLabourMP for Monmouthshire3.3% of NP18’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 NP182
Postcode sectors in NP183
Council1
Postcode districts next to NP185
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NP18 in brief
NP18 is a postcode district covering Caerleon and Ponthir, in Newport.
About 17,497 people lived in NP18 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £340,000 in 2025 across 313 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 78.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NP18 was £340,000 in 2025.
NP18 had 17,053 usual residents at the census.
In NP18, 84.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NP18, 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.