Crime Rates at Shields Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE6 1DX

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 1DX) 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 1DX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 95 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Robinson Street (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.