Police Service of Northern Ireland · Latest published: Year ending March 2025 · Local authority
How much crime does each Northern Ireland district record?
Crimes recorded by the Police Service of Northern Ireland per 1,000 residents in each policing district, as the PSNI publishes them. Policing districts share their boundaries with the eleven local government districts.
Lisburn and Castlereagh
35Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
35 crimes per 1,000 residents were recorded in Lisburn and Castlereagh (Latest published: Year ending March 2025), compared with 50 for Northern Ireland, Year ending March 2025 — the 4th lowest of 11 areas with a published figure.
- Area
- Lisburn and Castlereagh (N09000007)
- Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
- 35
- Northern Ireland, Year ending March 2025
- 50
- Rank
- the 4th lowest of 11 areas with a published figure
- Percentile
- 30% of areas with a figure are below it
- Period
- Latest published: Year ending March 2025
- Release
- Annual trends in police recorded crime, 1998/99 to 2024/25, released 2025-11-28
- Published by
- Police Service of Northern Ireland
- Status
- Published figure, unchanged
35 crimes per 1,000 residents were recorded in Lisburn and Castlereagh (Latest published: Year ending March 2025), compared with 50 for Northern Ireland, Year ending March 2025 — the 4th lowest of 11 areas with a published figure. Source: Police Service of Northern Ireland.
Highest areas
| # | Area | per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belfast · profile | 92 |
| 2 | Derry City and Strabane · profile | 64 |
| 3 | Antrim and Newtownabbey · profile | 45 |
| 4 | Mid and East Antrim · profile | 42 |
| 5 | Newry, Mourne and Down · profile | 42 |
| 6 | Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon · profile | 40 |
| 7 | Causeway Coast and Glens · profile | 38 |
| 8 | Lisburn and Castlereagh · profile | 35 |
| 9 | Ards and North Down · profile | 34 |
| 10 | Fermanagh and Omagh · profile | 33 |
Lowest areas
| # | Area | per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Mid Ulster · profile | 30 |
| 10 | Fermanagh and Omagh · profile | 33 |
| 9 | Ards and North Down · profile | 34 |
| 8 | Lisburn and Castlereagh · profile | 35 |
| 7 | Causeway Coast and Glens · profile | 38 |
| 6 | Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon · profile | 40 |
| 5 | Newry, Mourne and Down · profile | 42 |
| 4 | Mid and East Antrim · profile | 42 |
| 3 | Antrim and Newtownabbey · profile | 45 |
| 2 | Derry City and Strabane · profile | 64 |
All 11 areas, ranked
| # | Area | per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belfast · profile | 92 |
| 2 | Derry City and Strabane · profile | 64 |
| 3 | Antrim and Newtownabbey · profile | 45 |
| 4 | Mid and East Antrim · profile | 42 |
| 5 | Newry, Mourne and Down · profile | 42 |
| 6 | Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon · profile | 40 |
| 7 | Causeway Coast and Glens · profile | 38 |
| 8 | Lisburn and Castlereagh · profile | 35 |
| 9 | Ards and North Down · profile | 34 |
| 10 | Fermanagh and Omagh · profile | 33 |
| 11 | Mid Ulster · profile | 30 |
Ranked by recorded crimes per 1,000 residents, highest first; ties in alphabetical order. Areas without a value are not ranked.
What this map shows
11 of 11 local authority areas have a current value for all recorded crime (recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), Latest published: Year ending March 2025. Classes are quantiles of the areas with data, computed on the server, so the same link always gives the same legend.
Every offence the PSNI recorded in the district during the financial year.
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- Data
- Police Recorded Crime in Northern Ireland: annual tables (Police Service of Northern Ireland).
- Denominator
- None is applied here. The PSNI divides its own count by the NISRA mid-year population estimate and publishes the rate; this layer draws that published figure. Police Recorded Crime in Northern Ireland: annual tables.
- Boundaries
- ONS Open Geography Portal generalised boundaries, Open Government Licence v3.0 (2025-05 BGC v2 LAD_MAY_2025_UK_BGC_V2).
- Basemap
- None. No third-party tiles are loaded; the map draws official boundaries on a plain background.
- Formula
- the rate per 1,000 the PSNI publishes for the district, unchanged
- Stale areas
- A district whose newest published year is earlier than the newest any district carries is shown as no current data, with both years named. Nothing is carried forward.
- Method
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