Total Crime Rate
81.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
38.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Raby Street area has the 42nd lowest crime rate of 110 local areas in Byker , and the 412th 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 Raby Street (NE6 2BY) in the last 12 months was 81.6 per 1,000 residents and was 63.2% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 11.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 38.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Raby Street (NE6 2BY), the main crime hotspot is near Brinkburn Street. Police recorded 104 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Newcastle Upon Tyne| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conyers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brinkburn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Avondale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Avondale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Avondale Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brinkburn Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Brinkburn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brinkburn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brinkburn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brinkburn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brinkburn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brinkburn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brinkburn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brinkburn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brinkburn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brinkburn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Avondale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brinkburn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brinkburn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beresford Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Michael'S Mount | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Raby Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conyers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conyers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conyers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conyers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Conyers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Conyers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Conyers Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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