Total Crime Rate
81.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kings Wall Drive area has the 15th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Bishton and Langstone , and the 245th highest crime rate of 517 local areas in Newport .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kings Wall Drive (NP19 4TZ) in the last 12 months was 81.8 per 1,000 residents and was 33.7% higher than the Bishton and Langstone average (61.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 51.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kings Wall Drive (NP19 4TZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kings Wall Drive, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bessemer Drive (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
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