Crime Rates at Brinkburn Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE6 2LE

Brinkburn Street area has the 41st lowest crime rate of 110 local areas in Byker , and the 415th highest crime rate of 894 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 Brinkburn Street (NE6 2LE) in the last 12 months was 80.8 per 1,000 residents and was 63.5% lower than the Byker average (221.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 16.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 32.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brinkburn Street (NE6 2LE), the main crime hotspot is near Brinkburn Street. Police recorded 104 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.