Total Crime Rate

80.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

32.8 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 80.8 7/10
  • Violent crimes 32.8 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.7 9/10
  • Public order 7.6 6/10
  • Burglary 2.5 1/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Other crime 2.5 2/10
  • Other theft 2.5 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Gordon Road area has the 41st lowest crime rate of 110 local areas in Byker , and the 415th highest crime rate of 894 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Gordon Road (NE6 2HQ) in the last 12 months was 80.8 per 1,000 residents and was 63.5% lower than the Byker average (221.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 16.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 32.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gordon Road (NE6 2HQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brinkburn Street, where police recorded 104 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Molineux Street (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Gordon Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/80)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Brinkburn Street —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Flora Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Corbridge Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Corbridge Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Brinkburn Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Brinkburn Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Brinkburn Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Brinkburn Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Edwin Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Edwin Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Edwin Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Edwin Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Edwin Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Flora Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Corbridge Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Flora Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Flora Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Flora Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Flora Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Flora Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Conyers Road —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Conyers Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Conyers Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dalton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Dalton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Dalton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Corbridge Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Corbridge Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Dalton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Brinkburn Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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