Total Crime Rate

197.3 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 197.3 9/10
  • Shoplifting 57.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.6 9/10
  • Robbery 23.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.8 5/10
  • Burglary 17.0 10/10
  • Drugs 10.2 8/10
  • Other theft 10.2 8/10
  • Public order 10.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.8 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Biddlestone Road area has the 34th highest crime rate of 112 local areas in Byker , and the 184th 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 Biddlestone Road (NE6 5SL) in the last 12 months was 197.3 per 1,000 residents and was 30.9% lower than the Byker average (285.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -70.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 61.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 307.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Biddlestone Road (NE6 5SL), the main crime hotspot is near Chillingham Road. Police recorded 110 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Biddlestone Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/36)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chillingham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cartington Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farnley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ravenswood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eastcheap Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Eastcheap Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarendon Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarendon Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chillingham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Eastcheap Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Eastcheap Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cartington Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cartington Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Farnley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cartington Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cartington Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cartington Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Cartington Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Cartington Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cartington Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warton Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Chillingham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Chillingham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chillingham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chillingham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Farnley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Eastcheap Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norwood Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rokeby Terrace —
Sep 2025Public order Sefton Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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