Crime Rates at Heaton Close, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE6 1XE

Heaton Close area has the 41st highest crime rate of 110 local areas in Byker , and the 214th highest crime rate of 894 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 Heaton Close (NE6 1XE) in the last 12 months was 141.9 per 1,000 residents and was 36.0% lower than the Byker average (221.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 50.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -46.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Heaton Close (NE6 1XE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Roxburgh Place, where police recorded 154 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Molineux Street (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.