About this data

Source: PSNI, Police Recorded Crime in Northern Ireland: update to 31 March 2026; ONS and NISRA mid-year population estimates

• Northern Ireland's 11 policing districts cover the same areas as its 11 councils. Figures for districts start in 2001/02.
• The Police Service of Northern Ireland follows the Home Office Counting Rules, as forces in England and Wales do, but laws, policing and recording differ, so rates are not directly comparable. As in England and Wales, fraud is recorded by Action Fraud and is not included.
• Rates are calculated here from PSNI's counts and mid-year population estimates for each district (mid-2025 for 2025/26). They match PSNI's own published rates, which are rounded to whole numbers.
• Figures for the latest year are provisional. Rates are per resident, so Belfast, which draws in many commuters and visitors, has a higher rate than the risk to residents alone would suggest.

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