Crime · Police Service of Northern Ireland · Latest published: Year ending March 2025
All recorded crime by local authority, ranked
Every area with a published figure, in order of recorded crimes per 1,000 residents, highest first. Equal figures share a rank and are printed as ties; the order within a tie is alphabetical and means nothing.
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| # | Area | per 1,000 | UK percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belfast N09000003 | 92 | 100 |
| 2 | Derry City and Strabane N09000005 | 64 | 90 |
| 3 | Antrim and Newtownabbey N09000001 | 45 | 80 |
| =4 | Mid and East Antrim N09000008 | 42 | 60 |
| =4 | Newry, Mourne and Down N09000010 | 42 | 60 |
| 6 | Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon N09000002 | 40 | 50 |
| 7 | Causeway Coast and Glens N09000004 | 38 | 40 |
| 8 | Lisburn and Castlereagh N09000007 | 35 | 30 |
| 9 | Ards and North Down N09000011 | 34 | 20 |
| 10 | Fermanagh and Omagh N09000006 | 33 | 10 |
| 11 | Mid Ulster N09000009 | 30 | 0 |
How this ranking is made
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents: the rate per 1,000 the PSNI publishes for the district, unchanged.. Crimes recorded per 1,000 population, from Table 9.3 of the PSNI's annual recorded crime tables. The rate is the publisher's own, using NISRA mid-year population estimates. The newest financial year published for each district.
Source: Police Service of Northern Ireland: Police Recorded Crime in Northern Ireland: annual tables · Annual trends in police recorded crime, 1998/99 to 2024/25, released 2025-11-28. Boundaries: 2025-05 BGC v2 LAD_MAY_2025_UK_BGC_V2. Percentiles are calculated across the whole UK, so they do not change when the table is filtered to one nation. A ranking compares areas of very different sizes and populations; the figure is the publisher’s own, and its rank is Civometry’s ordering of those published figures.
Belfast has the highest recorded crimes per 1,000 residents of 11 Northern Ireland local authorities with a published figure, at 92 (Latest published: Year ending March 2025). Source: Police Service of Northern Ireland: Police Recorded Crime in Northern Ireland: annual tables.