Total Crime Rate
162.9 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Avondale Rise area has the 45th highest crime rate of 112 local areas in Byker , and the 234th highest crime rate of 903 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Avondale Rise (NE6 2FS) in the last 12 months was 162.9 per 1,000 residents and was 43.0% lower than the Byker average (285.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -44.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (β 65.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Avondale Rise (NE6 2FS), 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.
View Crime In Byker| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Conyers Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spires Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spires Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Spires Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Spires Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Spires Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Carville Rise | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brinkburn Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Beresford Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Beresford Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Brinkburn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Cushat Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Harbottle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Michael'S Mount | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mason Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Raby Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Byker | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Byker | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Byker | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Byker | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Carville Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brinkburn Street South | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Conyers Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Conyers Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Conyers Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dibley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dibley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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