Total Crime Rate

278.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 278.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 88.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 57.8 10/10
  • Public order 57.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.4 9/10
  • Other crime 17.0 10/10
  • Burglary 10.2 8/10
  • Drugs 10.2 8/10
  • Other theft 6.8 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.8 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Gillies Street area has the 20th highest crime rate of 112 local areas in Byker , and the 105th highest crime rate of 903 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Gillies Street (NE6 2JP) in the last 12 months was 278.9 per 1,000 residents and was 2.3% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 149.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 22.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gillies Street (NE6 2JP), the main crime hotspot is near Union Road. Police recorded 219 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Gillies Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Grace Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Union Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Union Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Union Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Union Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Union Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Union Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Union Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Union Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Union Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Union Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Union Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grace Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Union Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Union Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Union Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Union Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Union Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Union Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Union Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Union Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lawson Gardens
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grace Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grace Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Morton Street
Sep 2025Other crime Brook Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brook Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lawson Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lawson Gardens Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lawson Gardens

Data Sources

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