What is the crime rate in Mid and East Antrim?

Police recorded 5,548 crimes in Mid and East Antrim from May 2025 to April 2026, 40 per 1,000 residents, against an average of 82 across England, Wales and Northern Ireland (data.police.uk, excluding anti-social behaviour).

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

The UK average is 17.5% of households. At 12.3%, Mid and East Antrim is below the national average (-5.2 percentage points) and ranks 281st of 374 UK local authorities.

Living in Mid and East Antrim

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

12.3% of households in Mid and East Antrim are social housing — 7,166 of 58,302 households rent from a council or housing association, according to the 2021–22 Census.

Police recorded 40 crimes per 1,000 residents in Mid and East Antrim in the year to April 2026, well below the average of 82 across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. 12.3% of households rent from the council or a housing association, below the UK average of 17.5%.

Mid and East Antrim at a glance

Mid and East Antrim compared with the rest of the country. Crime rates are per resident; see each section below for sources and periods.
Measure	Mid and East Antrim	Comparison	Rank
Social housing (share of households)	12.3%	UK 17.5%	281st highest of 374
Recorded crime per 1,000 residents	40	E, W & NI 82	315th 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 Mid and East Antrim?

From May 2025 to April 2026, police recorded 5,548 crimes in Mid and East Antrim — 40 per 1,000 residents, well below the average of 82 across England, Wales and Northern Ireland and the 315th highest of 327 councils. That is 5% fewer than in the previous 12 months. The most common offences were violence and sexual offences (49%), criminal damage and arson (16%) and drugs (8%). Police also logged 2,757 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 Mid and East Antrim?

12.3%Social housing

7,166Social homes

58,302All households

Mid and East Antrim ranks 281st of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 58,302 households, 7,166 are social homes (12.3%) — renting from the council or a housing association, according to the 2021–22 Census.

Mid and East Antrim12.3%

UK average17.5%

How does Mid and East Antrim compare with the UK average?

At -5.2 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Mid and East Antrim sits below the national level.

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Schools, prices and more in Mid and East Antrim

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

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).