Total Crime Rate

27.6 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

17.2 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 27.6 3/10
  • Violent crimes 17.2 4/10
  • Public order 10.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.9 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 6.9 2/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Welbeck Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 110 local areas in Byker , and the 160th lowest crime rate of 894 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Welbeck Road (NE6 4JS) in the last 12 months was 27.6 per 1,000 residents and was 87.5% lower than the Byker average (221.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Public order with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 17.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Welbeck Road (NE6 4JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Berry Close, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Middle Street East (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Welbeck Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Winslow Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Eastbourne Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitworth Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitworth Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Whitworth Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Whitworth Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Whitworth Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Whitworth Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Whitworth Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Eastbourne Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Winslow Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Berry Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Middle Street East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Fairhaven Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Jackson Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Middle Street East —
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Data Sources

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