Total Crime Rate
126.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025St Peters Road area has the 56th lowest crime rate of 112 local areas in Byker , and the 303rd highest 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 St Peters Road (NE6 2AX) in the last 12 months was 126.9 per 1,000 residents and was 55.5% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -63.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 80.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -58.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Peters Road (NE6 2AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Michaelgate, where police recorded 57 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Peter'S Road (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Byker| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Janet Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Spires Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spires Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Michael'S Mount | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Beresford Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Beresford Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spires Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Spires Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Michaelgate | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Harbottle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Michaelgate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Spires Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Chirton Wynd | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Avondale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Janet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Janet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fenning Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Clydesdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chirton Wynd | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Chirton Wynd | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bothal Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bothal Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Kirk Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bothal Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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