Total Crime Rate
278.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Gillies 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.
View Crime In Byker| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Grace Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Union Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Union Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Union Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Union Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Union Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Union Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Union Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Union Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Union Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Union Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Union Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grace Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Union Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Union Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Union Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Union Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Union Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Union Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Union Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Union Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lawson Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Grace Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grace Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Morton Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Brook Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lawson Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lawson Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lawson Gardens | — |
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