Total Crime Rate
266.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Shipley Place 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 Shipley Place (NE6 2DQ) 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 Shipley Place (NE6 2DQ), the main crime hotspot is near Robinson Street. Police recorded 93 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Byker| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Flora Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Conyers Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dalton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brinkburn Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brinkburn Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dalton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Conyers Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Conyers Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Conyers Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Conyers Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Conyers Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dibley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brock Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Corbridge Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Corbridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Edwin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dalton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Conyers Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Addison Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dalton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Gordon Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gordon Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gordon Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gordon Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Kendal Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dalton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dalton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conyers Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conyers Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mason Street | Under investigation |
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