Crime Rate in Byker, ward

Byker has the 2nd highest crime rate of 26 wards in Newcastle upon Tyne district and the 126th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North East), it has the 9th highest crime rate of 343 wards.

The overall crime rate in Byker in the last 12 months was 285.5 per 1,000 residents and was 96.5% higher than the Newcastle upon Tyne district average (145.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Byker’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1,085 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 21 cases , down -32.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 11.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -32.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,484 (≈ 110.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Byker ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 540 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Parking Area (141 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.