Total Crime Rate
141.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
50.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Langhorn 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 Langhorn Close (NE6 1XL) 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 Langhorn Close (NE6 1XL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 168 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.
View Crime In Newcastle Upon Tyne| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Roxburgh Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Langhorn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Heaton Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Heaton Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heaton Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stannington Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Tintern Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Langhorn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Langhorn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Langhorn Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Byker | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | North View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Byker | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Roxburgh Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Roxburgh Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Roxburgh Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Roxburgh Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Roxburgh Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Roxburgh Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Heaton Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Byker | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Roxburgh Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Molineux Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Molineux Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Molineux Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Molineux Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Molineux Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Molineux Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Molineux Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Molineux Street | Under investigation |
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