What is the crime rate in Mid Ulster?

Police recorded 4,315 crimes in Mid Ulster from May 2025 to April 2026, 29 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 Ulster compare with the UK average for social housing?

The UK average is 17.5% of households. At 9.4%, Mid Ulster is below the national average (-8.1 percentage points) and ranks 352nd of 374 UK local authorities.

Living in Mid Ulster

Q: How much social housing is there in Mid Ulster?

9.4% of households in Mid Ulster are social housing — 5,096 of 54,026 households rent from a council or housing association, according to the 2021–22 Census.

Police recorded 29 crimes per 1,000 residents in Mid Ulster 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%.

Mid Ulster at a glance

Mid Ulster compared with the rest of the country. Crime rates are per resident; see each section below for sources and periods.
Measure	Mid Ulster	Comparison	Rank
Social housing (share of households)	9.4%	UK 17.5%	352nd highest of 374
Recorded crime per 1,000 residents	29	E, W & NI 82	327th 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 Mid Ulster?

From May 2025 to April 2026, police recorded 4,315 crimes in Mid Ulster — 29 per 1,000 residents, well below the average of 82 across England, Wales and Northern Ireland and the 327th highest of 327 councils. That is 4% fewer than in the previous 12 months. The most common offences were violence and sexual offences (49%), criminal damage and arson (15%) and drugs (11%). Police also logged 2,045 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 Mid Ulster?

9.4%Social housing

5,096Social homes

54,026All households

Mid Ulster ranks 352nd of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 54,026 households, 5,096 are social homes (9.4%) — renting from the council or a housing association, according to the 2021–22 Census.

Mid Ulster9.4%

UK average17.5%

How does Mid Ulster compare with the UK average?

At -8.1 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Mid Ulster sits below the national level.

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Schools, prices and more in Mid Ulster

What the map's other datasets say about Mid Ulster.

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).