Total Crime Rate
266.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kendal Green 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 Kendal Green (NE6 2HZ) 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 Kendal Green (NE6 2HZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brinkburn Street, where police recorded 87 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Albion Row (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Byker| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Byker | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brock Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Flora Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Flora Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Flora Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Flora Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Addison Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brock Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brock Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brock Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Carville Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Clifford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heaton Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heaton Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brinkburn Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Brinkburn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Flora Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Clifford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Corbridge Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Molineux Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Byker | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dalton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Byker | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Byker | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Carville Rise | — |
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