Total Crime Rate
15.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
6.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kingsway area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Balderton South , and the 50th lowest crime rate of 436 local areas in Newark and Sherwood .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kingsway (NG24 3DJ) in the last 12 months was 15.7 per 1,000 residents and was 78.2% lower than the Balderton South average (72.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kingsway (NG24 3DJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Belvoir Road, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Theresa Court (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Balderton South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bakewell Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mount Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Meadow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Belvoir Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | London Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alder Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gibson Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gibson Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gibson Crescent | — |
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