Total Crime Rate

293.7 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 293.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 114.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 65.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.6 10/10
  • Public order 18.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.7 8/10
  • Drugs 9.3 8/10
  • Other theft 9.3 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.7 7/10
  • Burglary 4.7 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.7 7/10
  • Robbery 4.7 6/10
  • Other crime 2.3 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.3 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

Commercial Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 112 local areas in Byker , and the 96th highest crime rate of 903 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Commercial Road (NE6 2FN) in the last 12 months was 293.7 per 1,000 residents and was 2.9% higher 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 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 61 (≈ 142.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 76.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Commercial Road (NE6 2FN), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Commercial Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/32)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Avondale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Spires Lane —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Raby Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Clydesdale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mason Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spires Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spires Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Spires Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Spires Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Michaelgate Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brinkburn Street South Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Michaelgate —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Carville Rise —
Sep 2025Other theft Carville Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beresford Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beresford Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Michael'S Mount —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Harbottle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Cushat Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fenning Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Brinkburn Street South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brinkburn Street South Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Brinkburn Street South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Kirk Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Janet Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chirton Wynd Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Brinkburn Street South Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Janet Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Janet Street —
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Data Sources

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