Total Crime Rate

716.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 716.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 179.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 157.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 97.8 9/10
  • Public order 67.9 10/10
  • Drugs 49.9 10/10
  • Other theft 39.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 35.9 10/10
  • Burglary 33.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.0 9/10
  • Other crime 12.0 10/10
  • Robbery 10.0 9/10
  • Theft from the person 8.0 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Shields Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 112 local areas in Byker , and the 23rd highest crime rate of 903 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Shields Road (NE6 1DP) in the last 12 months was 716.6 per 1,000 residents and was 151.0% higher than the Byker average (285.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 90 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 132 (≈ 263.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shields Road (NE6 1DP), the main crime hotspot is near Robinson Street. Police recorded 93 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Shields Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/62)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byker Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Robinson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conyers Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conyers Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Guildford Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North View Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Addison Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Corbridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Corbridge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Robinson Street —
Sep 2025Public order Robinson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Robinson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Robinson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brinkburn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Conyers Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brinkburn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Algernon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Kendal Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Edwin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flora Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shields Lane —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shields Lane —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shields Lane —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shields Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shields Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Flora Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Flora Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conyers Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Conyers Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Flora Street —
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Data Sources

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