Total Crime Rate
83.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Brock Street area has the 36th lowest crime rate of 112 local areas in Byker , and the 427th 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 Brock Street (NE6 1QZ) in the last 12 months was 83.3 per 1,000 residents and was 70.8% lower 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 45.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brock Street (NE6 1QZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brinkburn Street, where police recorded 87 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dalton Street (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Byker| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brock Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dalton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brinkburn Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brinkburn Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gordon Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brock Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brock Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Brinkburn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brinkburn Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brock Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dalton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Corbridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dalton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Byker | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Byker | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Byker | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Byker | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dalton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dalton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dalton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Rodney Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Brinkburn Street South | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brinkburn Street South | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Brinkburn Street South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Kendal Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Gordon Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gordon Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Carville Rise | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Carville Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mason Street | Under investigation |
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