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Crime in Ards and North Down

Every crime series published for Ards and North Down, each over its full published span. A series that begins part-way along began then: nothing earlier is published for this area, and no gap is filled in.

Crimes recorded by the police in Northern Ireland

In Ards and North Down, crimes recorded by the police in Northern Ireland fell from 10,625 in the year ending March 2002 to 5,574 in the year ending March 2025, a change of 5,051 or 47.5% (Police Service of Northern Ireland).

Crimes recorded by the police in Northern Ireland: Year ending March 2002 to Year ending March 2025LabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour05k10k20052010201520202025Year ending March 2002: 10,625 crimes · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2003: 10,454 crimes · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2004: 9,099 crimes · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2005: 7,889 crimes · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2006: 7,995 crimes · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2007: 8,091 crimes · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2008: 6,767 crimes · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2009: 6,189 crimes · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2010: 6,288 crimes · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2011: 6,108 crimes · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2012: 5,916 crimes · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2013: 5,672 crimes · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2014: 5,889 crimes · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2015: 6,167 crimes · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2016: 6,250 crimes · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2017: 6,262 crimes · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2018: 6,125 crimes · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2019: 6,378 crimes · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2020: 5,861 crimes · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2021: 5,222 crimes · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2022: 6,244 crimes · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2023: 6,797 crimes · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2024: 6,253 crimes · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2025: 5,574 crimes · published 28 November 2025

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Police Service of Northern Ireland. Latest: 5,574 (Year ending March 2025). The national series and its methodology.

Crimes recorded in Northern Ireland per 1,000 people

In Ards and North Down, crimes recorded in Northern Ireland per 1,000 people fell from 71 in the year ending March 2002 to 34 in the year ending March 2025, a change of 37 or 52.1% (Police Service of Northern Ireland).

Crimes recorded in Northern Ireland per 1,000 people: Year ending March 2002 to Year ending March 2025LabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour020406020052010201520202025Year ending March 2002: 71 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2003: 70 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2004: 60 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2005: 52 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2006: 53 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2007: 53 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2008: 44 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2009: 40 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2010: 40 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2011: 39 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2012: 38 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2013: 36 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2014: 37 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2015: 39 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2016: 39 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2017: 39 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2018: 38 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2019: 39 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2020: 36 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2021: 32 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2022: 38 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2023: 41 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2024: 38 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2025: 34 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025

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Police Service of Northern Ireland. Latest: 34 (Year ending March 2025). The national series and its methodology.

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