It has it all. Crime, drugs, homelessness, and now more empty shopfronts than any high street in the UK.
It is unlikely Newport was ever in the running to be hailed as the UK's 'best high street', but a recent report has placed the city centre right at the bottom of the list... and it comes as no surprise to locals.
The Welsh city is home to some of the highest crime rates in the country, and earlier this year was voted the worst staycation spot in the UK.
Now, it has been dubbed the 'worst high street' after think tank Centre for Cities found it has the highest proportion of empty units, with nearly one in five shops - 19 per cent - left boarded up.
On Friday officers were called to Commercial Road after a group of men were seen fighting in the street yesterday afternoon, with two wielding huge sword-like blades.
