Total Crime Rate
98.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cullercoats 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.
View Crime In Byker| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cullercoats Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Leicester Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Orpington Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Orpington Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Orpington Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurst Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cresswell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cresswell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Blount Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Leicester Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Orpington Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Newbold Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Leicester Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Leicester Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newbold Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newbold Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Leicester Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Alfred Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Orpington Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Orpington Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Orpington Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Benson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Roman Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Roman Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Morton Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Benson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Canterbury Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Canterbury Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunstanburgh Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Renwick Street | Under investigation |
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