Total Crime Rate

98.2 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 98.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.6 9/10
  • Other crime 7.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.2 3/10
  • Burglary 5.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.2 4/10
  • Drugs 2.6 1/10
  • Other theft 2.6 1/10
  • Public order 2.6 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.6 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cullercoats Street area has the 40th lowest crime rate of 112 local areas in Byker , and the 406th highest crime rate of 903 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 Cullercoats Street (NE6 2JA) in the last 12 months was 98.2 per 1,000 residents and was 65.6% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 67.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cullercoats Street (NE6 2JA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Leicester Street, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Orpington Avenue (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cullercoats Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cullercoats Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Leicester Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orpington Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Orpington Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Orpington Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hurst Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cresswell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cresswell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blount Street
Sep 2025Public order Leicester Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Orpington Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Newbold Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Leicester Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Leicester Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newbold Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newbold Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Leicester Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Alfred Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orpington Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orpington Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Orpington Avenue
Sep 2025Burglary Benson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Roman Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roman Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Morton Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Benson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Canterbury Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Canterbury Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunstanburgh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Renwick Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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