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

There were a total of 659 street level crime incidents in Byker in March 2024. 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	216
Anti Social Behaviour	131
Shoplifting	66
Criminal Damage Arson	46
Other Theft	46
Public Order	46
Drugs	32
Vehicle Crime	22
Burglary	17
Other Crime	15
Possession Of Weapons	8
Robbery	7
Theft From The Person	5
Bicycle Theft	2
All Crime	659

Map of street level crime incidents in March 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.

Location	Crime Incidents
Newcastle upon Tyne (1.24 miles)	1427
Byker	659
Jesmond (1.75 miles)	637
Heaton (1.24 miles)	468
Felling Shore (0.62 miles)	439
St Peter’s (0.62 miles)	439
Wallsend (1.75 miles)	333
Old Fold (1.24 miles)	330
Pelaw (1.39 miles)	280
Bill Quay (1.75 miles)	249

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.

Location	Violent Incidents
Newcastle upon Tyne	416
Byker	216
Felling Shore	149
St Peter’s	149
Jesmond	145
Wallsend	135
Old Fold	127
Heaton	125
Pelaw	98
Bill Quay	88

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.

#	Ward	Score
1	Byker	95
2	Deckham	93
3	Walker	93
4	Felling	91
5	Bridges	90
6	Monument	76
7	Ouseburn	67
8	Heaton	62
9	Pelaw and Heworth	56
10	South Jesmond	49
11	Manor Park	26

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 Quayside.