Total Crime Rate

104.4 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 104.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.1 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.1 7/10
  • Public order 10.1 7/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Lytham Place area has the 43rd lowest crime rate of 112 local areas in Byker , and the 382nd 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 Lytham Place (NE6 2PY) in the last 12 months was 104.4 per 1,000 residents and was 63.4% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 74.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lytham Place (NE6 2PY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Leicester Street, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ada Street (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lytham Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Anthony'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birds Nest Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Anthony'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Lytham Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Monkchester Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Monkchester Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Anthony'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Anthony'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Anthony'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lytham Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Alfred Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Monkchester Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B1313 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B1313 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Birds Nest Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Leicester Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Springwell Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunstanburgh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hurst Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belford Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Leicester Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Leicester Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary St Anthony'S Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Springwell Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Leicester Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B1313 Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Leicester Street Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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