Crime Rates at Byrness, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE5 2HA

Byrness area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 31 local areas in Chapel , and the 422nd lowest crime rate of 903 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .

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 Byrness (NE5 2HA) in the last 12 months was 81.6 per 1,000 residents and was 58.1% higher than the Chapel average (51.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -90.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 47.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -43.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Byrness (NE5 2HA), the main crime hotspot is near Beltingham. Police recorded 181 crimes here, including 45 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.