Crime Statistics for Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2024

Is Byker rough? This is our street level crime rate statistics overview for November 2024. There were a total of 701 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Byker, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime203
Anti Social Behaviour122
Shoplifting105
Criminal Damage Arson52
Other Theft48
Public Order42
Vehicle Crime36
Burglary32
Drugs21
Other Crime12
Bicycle Theft9
Possession Of Weapons9
Robbery8
Theft From The Person2
All Crime701

Map of street level crime incidents in November 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Byker. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Byker

We've taken the ten nearest places to Byker and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Byker has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Newcastle upon Tyne (1.24 miles)2485
Jesmond (1.75 miles)937
Felling Shore (0.62 miles)715
Byker632
Heaton (1.24 miles)548
St Peter’s (0.62 miles)462
Old Fold (1.24 miles)367
Wallsend (1.75 miles)264
Pelaw (1.39 miles)202
Bill Quay (1.75 miles)194

22.14%
of Byker residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Byker?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Byker and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Newcastle upon Tyne779
Felling Shore278
Jesmond272
Byker203
St Peter’s174
Heaton122
Old Fold122
Pelaw111
Wallsend102
Bill Quay64

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Byker?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Byker to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Byker compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Byker and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Residents in Byker have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Manor Park.

#WardScore
1Byker95
2Deckham93
3Walker93
4Felling91
5Bridges90
6Monument76
7Ouseburn67
8Heaton62
9Pelaw and Heworth56
10South Jesmond49
11Manor Park26

Which road in Byker has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Byker with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.

Last updated: November 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
Published under the Open Government Licence v3.0

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