Safest Towns in Northern Ireland

Ranked list of towns in Northern Ireland by crime rate (per 1,000 residents). Data is sourced from official public datasets and updated regularly.

Across 55 towns, recorded crime ranged from 17.1 per 1,000 per 1,000 in Craigavon Urban Area including Aghacommon to 116.9 per 1,000 per 1,000 in Portrush. The median rate was 52.2 per 1,000 per 1,000.

🥇 Top of the list

Craigavon Urban Area including Aghacommon

Crime Rate (per 1,000 residents): 17.1 per 1,000

🥈 Second place

Metropolitan Castlereagh

Crime Rate (per 1,000 residents): 17.2 per 1,000

🥉 Third place

Culmore

Crime Rate (per 1,000 residents): 24.8 per 1,000


1 (top 3)	Craigavon Urban Area including Aghacommon	1,099	64,193	17.1 per 1,000
2 (top 3)	Metropolitan Castlereagh	962	55,783	17.2 per 1,000
3 (top 3)	Culmore	86	3,466	24.8 per 1,000
4	Carryduff	174	6,947	25.0 per 1,000
5	Hillsborough and Culcavy	102	3,953	25.8 per 1,000
6	Metropolitan Newtownabbey	1,724	65,555	26.3 per 1,000
7	Saintfield	93	3,406	27.3 per 1,000
8	Bangor	1,725	61,401	28.1 per 1,000
9	Belfast City	7,997	280,211	28.5 per 1,000
10	Moira	144	4,584	31.4 per 1,000
11	Holywood	374	11,332	33.0 per 1,000
12	Greenisland	188	5,484	34.3 per 1,000
13	Dromore (banbridge Lgd)	210	6,011	34.9 per 1,000
14	Eglinton	130	3,650	35.6 per 1,000
15	Dungiven	123	3,286	37.4 per 1,000
16	Waringstown	138	3,647	37.8 per 1,000
17	Carrickfergus	1,072	27,903	38.4 per 1,000
18	Tandragee	134	3,486	38.4 per 1,000
19	Comber	371	9,078	40.9 per 1,000
20	Donaghadee	299	6,869	43.5 per 1,000
21	Ahoghill	148	3,403	43.5 per 1,000
22	Ballymoney	465	10,393	44.7 per 1,000
23	Ballyclare	444	9,919	44.8 per 1,000
24	Portstewart	379	8,029	47.2 per 1,000
25	Randalstown	246	5,099	48.2 per 1,000
26	Warrenpoint / Burren	423	8,721	48.5 per 1,000
27	Whitehead	197	3,786	52.0 per 1,000
28	Lisburn City	2,369	45,410	52.2 per 1,000
29	Crumlin	270	5,099	53.0 per 1,000
30	Maghera (magherafelt Lgd)	227	4,217	53.8 per 1,000
31	Kilkeel	352	6,521	54.0 per 1,000
32	Keady	173	3,036	57.0 per 1,000
33	Enniskillen	790	13,790	57.3 per 1,000
34	Coalisland	347	5,700	60.9 per 1,000
35	Ballycastle	319	5,238	60.9 per 1,000
36	Omagh Town	1,236	19,682	62.8 per 1,000
37	Antrim	1,477	23,353	63.2 per 1,000
38	Larne	1,185	18,705	63.4 per 1,000
39	Metropolitan Lisburn	1,981	31,203	63.5 per 1,000
40	Derry City	5,364	83,125	64.5 per 1,000
41	Newtownards	1,953	28,039	69.7 per 1,000
42	Dungannon	1,044	14,332	72.8 per 1,000
43	Coleraine	1,909	24,630	77.5 per 1,000
44	Banbridge	1,346	16,653	80.8 per 1,000
45	Cookstown	975	11,620	83.9 per 1,000
46	Strabane	1,105	13,147	84.0 per 1,000
47	Ballymena	2,664	29,467	90.4 per 1,000
48	Armagh	1,357	14,749	92.0 per 1,000
49	Downpatrick	1,002	10,874	92.1 per 1,000
50	Magherafelt	820	8,819	93.0 per 1,000
51	Limavady	1,128	12,047	93.6 per 1,000
52	Ballynahinch	541	5,715	94.7 per 1,000
53	Newry	2,998	26,893	111.5 per 1,000
54	Newcastle	877	7,743	113.3 per 1,000
55	Portrush	753	6,442	116.9 per 1,000