Total Crime Rate
133.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025King John Terrace area has the 53rd highest crime rate of 112 local areas in Byker , and the 283rd 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 King John Terrace (NE6 5XY) in the last 12 months was 133.0 per 1,000 residents and was 53.4% lower than the Byker average (285.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -44.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (β 27.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -45.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around King John Terrace (NE6 5XY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Roxburgh Place, where police recorded 180 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chillingham Road (30 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 | Stannington Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Heaton Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Heaton Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King John Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | King John Terrace | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | King John Terrace | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | King John Terrace | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Cardigan Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Heaton Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Cardigan Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cardigan Terrace | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shaftesbury Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shaftesbury Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chillingham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chillingham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chillingham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chillingham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Heaton Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Heaton Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chillingham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Roxburgh Place | 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 | Other theft | Cheltenham Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cheltenham Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cheltenham Terrace | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Guildford Place | β |
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