Total Crime Rate

322.0 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 322.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 117.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 43.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.2 9/10
  • Other theft 29.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 29.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.5 10/10
  • Burglary 14.6 9/10
  • Other crime 9.8 9/10
  • Public order 9.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.9 7/10
  • Drugs 4.9 5/10
  • Robbery 4.9 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Grace 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.

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Crime Over Time in Grace Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Orpington Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newbold Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grace Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grace Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Morton Street
Sep 2025Other theft Brough Park Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Brough Park Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Renwick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blount Street
Sep 2025Drugs Canterbury Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Canterbury Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Newbold Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newbold Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grace Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Cresswell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cresswell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Benson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Benson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cullercoats Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Orpington Avenue
Sep 2025Public order Orpington Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orpington Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orpington Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orpington Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Orpington Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Grace Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Renwick Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Brook Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Lawson Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lawson Gardens Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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