Total Crime Rate
322.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Grace Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 112 local areas in Byker , and the 76th 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 Grace Street (NE6 2RP) in the last 12 months was 322.0 per 1,000 residents and was 12.8% higher 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 131.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -32.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grace Street (NE6 2RP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Blount Street, where police recorded 42 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 | Other crime | Orpington Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newbold Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grace Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grace Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Morton Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Brough Park Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Brough Park Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Renwick Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Blount Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Canterbury Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Canterbury Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Newbold Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newbold Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Grace Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cresswell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cresswell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Benson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Benson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cullercoats Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Orpington Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Orpington Avenue | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Orpington Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Orpington Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Grace Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Renwick Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Brook Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lawson Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lawson Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
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