What is the crime rate in Ards and North Down?

Police recorded 5,509 crimes in Ards and North Down from May 2025 to April 2026, 34 per 1,000 residents, against an average of 82 across England, Wales and Northern Ireland (data.police.uk, excluding anti-social behaviour).

How does Ards and North Down compare with the UK average for social housing?

The UK average is 17.5% of households. At 12.6%, Ards and North Down is below the national average (-4.9 percentage points) and ranks 273rd of 374 UK local authorities.

Living in Ards and North Down

Q: How much social housing is there in Ards and North Down?

12.6% of households in Ards and North Down are social housing — 8,891 of 70,484 households rent from a council or housing association, according to the 2021–22 Census.

Police recorded 34 crimes per 1,000 residents in Ards and North Down in the year to April 2026, well below the average of 82 across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. 12.6% of households rent from the council or a housing association, below the UK average of 17.5%.

Ards and North Down at a glance

Ards and North Down compared with the rest of the country. Crime rates are per resident; see each section below for sources and periods.
Measure	Ards and North Down	Comparison	Rank
Social housing (share of households)	12.6%	UK 17.5%	273rd highest of 374
Recorded crime per 1,000 residents	34	E, W & NI 82	324th highest of 327
Anti-social behaviour per 1,000 residents	19	E, W & NI 16
Median broadband speed available	1,000 Mbit/s	Council median 1,000 Mbit/s

How much crime is there in Ards and North Down?

From May 2025 to April 2026, police recorded 5,509 crimes in Ards and North Down — 34 per 1,000 residents, well below the average of 82 across England, Wales and Northern Ireland and the 324th highest of 327 councils. That is about the same as the previous 12 months. The most common offences were violence and sexual offences (56%), criminal damage and arson (14%) and shoplifting (8%). Police also logged 3,044 incidents of anti-social behaviour (19 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 Ards and North Down?

12.6%Social housing

8,891Social homes

70,484All households

Ards and North Down ranks 273rd of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 70,484 households, 8,891 are social homes (12.6%) — renting from the council or a housing association, according to the 2021–22 Census.

Ards and North Down12.6%

UK average17.5%

How does Ards and North Down compare with the UK average?

At -4.9 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Ards and North Down sits below the national level.

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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).