What is the crime rate in Antrim and Newtownabbey?

Police recorded 5,946 crimes in Antrim and Newtownabbey from May 2025 to April 2026, 41 per 1,000 residents, against an average of 82 across England, Wales and Northern Ireland (data.police.uk, excluding anti-social behaviour).

How does Antrim and Newtownabbey compare with the UK average for social housing?

The UK average is 17.5% of households. At 12.8%, Antrim and Newtownabbey is below the national average (-4.7 percentage points) and ranks 261st of 374 UK local authorities.

Living in Antrim and Newtownabbey

Q: How much social housing is there in Antrim and Newtownabbey?

12.8% of households in Antrim and Newtownabbey are social housing — 7,623 of 59,462 households rent from a council or housing association, according to the 2021–22 Census.

Police recorded 41 crimes per 1,000 residents in Antrim and Newtownabbey in the year to April 2026, well below the average of 82 across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. 12.8% of households rent from the council or a housing association, below the UK average of 17.5%.

Antrim and Newtownabbey at a glance

Antrim and Newtownabbey compared with the rest of the country. Crime rates are per resident; see each section below for sources and periods.
Measure	Antrim and Newtownabbey	Comparison	Rank
Social housing (share of households)	12.8%	UK 17.5%	261st highest of 374
Recorded crime per 1,000 residents	41	E, W & NI 82	312th highest of 327
Anti-social behaviour per 1,000 residents	20	E, W & NI 16
Median broadband speed available	1,000 Mbit/s	Council median 1,000 Mbit/s

How much crime is there in Antrim and Newtownabbey?

From May 2025 to April 2026, police recorded 5,946 crimes in Antrim and Newtownabbey — 41 per 1,000 residents, well below the average of 82 across England, Wales and Northern Ireland and the 312th highest of 327 councils. That is 8% fewer than in the previous 12 months. The most common offences were violence and sexual offences (48%), criminal damage and arson (17%) and other theft (9%). Police also logged 2,989 incidents of anti-social behaviour (20 per 1,000 residents).

Rates are per resident, so council areas with busy city centres, shopping or nightlife districts show higher rates than residents alone would suggest. See where crime is recorded on the map →

How much social housing is there in Antrim and Newtownabbey?

12.8%Social housing

7,623Social homes

59,462All households

Antrim and Newtownabbey ranks 261st of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 59,462 households, 7,623 are social homes (12.8%) — renting from the council or a housing association, according to the 2021–22 Census.

Antrim and Newtownabbey12.8%

UK average17.5%

How does Antrim and Newtownabbey compare with the UK average?

At -4.7 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Antrim and Newtownabbey sits below the national level.

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Schools, prices and more in Antrim and Newtownabbey

What the map's other datasets say about Antrim and Newtownabbey.

Broadband

Median available download speed is about 1,000 Mbit/s — what can be ordered, not what residents have bought (Ofcom Connected Nations).

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Areas with a similar share of social housing

“Social housing” means households renting from a council/local authority or a housing association, counted on census day (2021 in England, Wales & Northern Ireland; 2022 in Scotland). Local-authority figures are aggregated by this site from small-area data and may differ from official totals. Crime rates use Census 2021 population (NISRA mid-2021 estimates in Northern Ireland) and exclude crimes police.uk publishes without a location. All sources are open data under the Open Government Licence v3.0; see the methodology.
Sources: 2021–22 Census (social housing); data.police.uk, May 2025 to April 2026 (crime) · Page updated 27 September 2026 · Download the data (CSV, all 374 councils).