What is the crime rate in Derry City and Strabane?

Police recorded 8,811 crimes in Derry City and Strabane from May 2025 to April 2026, 58 per 1,000 residents, against an average of 82 across England, Wales and Northern Ireland (data.police.uk, excluding anti-social behaviour).

How does Derry City and Strabane compare with the UK average for social housing?

The UK average is 17.5% of households. At 22.7%, Derry City and Strabane is above the national average (+5.2 percentage points) and ranks 54th of 374 UK local authorities.

Living in Derry City and Strabane

Q: How much social housing is there in Derry City and Strabane?

22.7% of households in Derry City and Strabane are social housing — 13,828 of 60,909 households rent from a council or housing association, according to the 2021–22 Census.

Police recorded 58 crimes per 1,000 residents in Derry City and Strabane in the year to April 2026, well below the average of 82 across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. 22.7% of households rent from the council or a housing association, above the UK average of 17.5%.

Derry City and Strabane at a glance

Derry City and Strabane compared with the rest of the country. Crime rates are per resident; see each section below for sources and periods.
Measure	Derry City and Strabane	Comparison	Rank
Social housing (share of households)	22.7%	UK 17.5%	54th highest of 374
Recorded crime per 1,000 residents	58	E, W & NI 82	233rd highest of 327
Anti-social behaviour per 1,000 residents	23	E, W & NI 16
Median broadband speed available	1,000 Mbit/s	Council median 1,000 Mbit/s

How much crime is there in Derry City and Strabane?

From May 2025 to April 2026, police recorded 8,811 crimes in Derry City and Strabane — 58 per 1,000 residents, well below the average of 82 across England, Wales and Northern Ireland and the 233rd highest of 327 councils. That is 8% fewer than in the previous 12 months. The most common offences were violence and sexual offences (52%), criminal damage and arson (15%) and other theft (9%). Police also logged 3,423 incidents of anti-social behaviour (23 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 Derry City and Strabane?

22.7%Social housing

13,828Social homes

60,909All households

Derry City and Strabane ranks 54th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 60,909 households, 13,828 are social homes (22.7%) — renting from the council or a housing association, according to the 2021–22 Census.

Derry City and Strabane22.7%

UK average17.5%

How does Derry City and Strabane compare with the UK average?

At +5.2 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Derry City and Strabane sits above the national level.

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Schools, prices and more in Derry City and Strabane

What the map's other datasets say about Derry City and Strabane.

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).