Crime Rates at Commercial Road, Byker, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE6 2ED

Commercial 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 Commercial Road (NE6 2ED) 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 Commercial Road (NE6 2ED), 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.