Total Crime Rate

266.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 266.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 80.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 66.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 36.7 10/10
  • Burglary 20.0 10/10
  • Other theft 16.7 9/10
  • Public order 16.7 9/10
  • Other crime 13.3 10/10
  • Drugs 6.7 7/10
  • Robbery 6.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Brinkburn Street area has the 24th highest crime rate of 112 local areas in Byker , and the 115th 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 Brinkburn Street (NE6 2DH) in the last 12 months was 266.7 per 1,000 residents and was 6.6% lower than the Byker average (285.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 90.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brinkburn Street (NE6 2DH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brinkburn Street, where police recorded 87 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Conyers Road (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Brinkburn Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/64)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Carville Rise —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Clifford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dalton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brock Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brock Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Corbridge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mason Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Raby Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Carville Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dalton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dalton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Corbridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brinkburn Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Clifford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Clifford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Clifford Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dalton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Clifford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heaton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Kendal Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Dibley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Edwin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Dibley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Flora Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Brinkburn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Priory Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Priory Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Flora Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Flora Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Flora Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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