Total Crime Rate
699.3 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Mundella Terrace area has the 5th highest crime rate of 112 local areas in Byker , and the 25th highest crime rate of 903 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Mundella Terrace (NE6 5HX) in the last 12 months was 699.3 per 1,000 residents and was 144.9% higher than the Byker average (285.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 136 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (β 105.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mundella Terrace (NE6 5HX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Roxburgh Place, where police recorded 180 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Heaton Place (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Byker| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Jesmond Vale Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | King John Terrace | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Roxburgh Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Roxburgh Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Roxburgh Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Roxburgh Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Roxburgh Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stannington Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Roxburgh Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | King John Terrace | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | King John Terrace | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King John Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Cardigan Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | North Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tynemouth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King John Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Heaton Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Heaton Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Heaton Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Heaton Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Heaton Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Heaton Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Heaton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Heaton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Heaton Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Roxburgh Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Cardigan Terrace | Under investigation |
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