What is the crime rate in Fermanagh and Omagh?

Police recorded 3,450 crimes in Fermanagh and Omagh from May 2025 to April 2026, 30 per 1,000 residents, against an average of 82 across England, Wales and Northern Ireland (data.police.uk, excluding anti-social behaviour).

How does Fermanagh and Omagh compare with the UK average for social housing?

The UK average is 17.5% of households. At 9.4%, Fermanagh and Omagh is below the national average (-8.1 percentage points) and ranks 353rd of 374 UK local authorities.

Living in Fermanagh and Omagh

Q: How much social housing is there in Fermanagh and Omagh?

9.4% of households in Fermanagh and Omagh are social housing — 4,310 of 45,729 households rent from a council or housing association, according to the 2021–22 Census.

Police recorded 30 crimes per 1,000 residents in Fermanagh and Omagh in the year to April 2026, well below the average of 82 across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. 9.4% of households rent from the council or a housing association, below the UK average of 17.5%.

Fermanagh and Omagh at a glance

Fermanagh and Omagh compared with the rest of the country. Crime rates are per resident; see each section below for sources and periods.
Measure	Fermanagh and Omagh	Comparison	Rank
Social housing (share of households)	9.4%	UK 17.5%	353rd highest of 374
Recorded crime per 1,000 residents	30	E, W & NI 82	326th highest of 327
Anti-social behaviour per 1,000 residents	14	E, W & NI 16
Median broadband speed available	1,000 Mbit/s	Council median 1,000 Mbit/s

How much crime is there in Fermanagh and Omagh?

From May 2025 to April 2026, police recorded 3,450 crimes in Fermanagh and Omagh — 30 per 1,000 residents, well below the average of 82 across England, Wales and Northern Ireland and the 326th highest of 327 councils. That is 9% fewer than in the previous 12 months. The most common offences were violence and sexual offences (46%), criminal damage and arson (13%) and drugs (10%). Police also logged 1,698 incidents of anti-social behaviour (14 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 Fermanagh and Omagh?

9.4%Social housing

4,310Social homes

45,729All households

Fermanagh and Omagh ranks 353rd of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 45,729 households, 4,310 are social homes (9.4%) — renting from the council or a housing association, according to the 2021–22 Census.

Fermanagh and Omagh9.4%

UK average17.5%

How does Fermanagh and Omagh compare with the UK average?

At -8.1 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Fermanagh and Omagh sits below the national level.

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Schools, prices and more in Fermanagh and Omagh

What the map's other datasets say about Fermanagh and Omagh.

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).