Crime in Northern Ireland
Published street-crime records for Northern Ireland from the Police Service of Northern Ireland area on data.police.uk.
Updated November 2026.
Police published 136,546 street-crime records for the Police Service of Northern Ireland area from September 2025 to August 2026. That is 1.7% fewer than in the 12 months before. Police locations are approximate.
Data scope: Northern Ireland, policed by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI).
Latest month: August 2026
Street-crime records
12,174
Police-recorded action or local resolution
0
Share with those outcomes
0.0%
Coverage for Police Service of Northern Ireland currently spans 153 months
of loaded street-crime data, from December 2013 to August 2026.
Outcome shares are descriptive summaries of published police outcomes, not conviction rates.
Website outcome summaries include anti-social behaviour among records with no outcome. The PDF outcome mix leaves it out because police publish no outcome for it.
Last 12 loaded months
September 2025 to August 2026. Street-crime records include anti-social behaviour.
Street-crime records
136,546
Share with action or local resolution
0.0%
Change vs previous 12 months
-1.7%
Month-by-month totals
| Month |
Street-crime records |
| September 2025 |
10,849 |
| October 2025 |
11,752 |
| November 2025 |
10,238 |
| December 2025 |
10,221 |
| January 2026 |
10,058 |
| February 2026 |
10,235 |
| March 2026 |
11,804 |
| April 2026 |
11,508 |
| May 2026 |
12,554 |
| June 2026 |
12,000 |
| July 2026 |
13,153 |
| August 2026 |
12,174 |
Street-crime records per 1,000 residents
Northern Ireland runs its own census, which is not loaded here, so no rate is shown.
Rates cover England and Wales only. Residents: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021 postcode estimates, Open Government Licence v3.0. How rates are built.
Top crime categories
Share of street-crime records in the same trailing window for the Police Service of Northern Ireland area.
| Category |
Records |
Share |
| Anti-social behaviour |
44,836 |
32.8% |
| Violence and sexual offences |
43,069 |
31.5% |
| Criminal damage and arson |
13,236 |
9.7% |
| Shoplifting |
8,439 |
6.2% |
| Other theft |
7,942 |
5.8% |
| Drugs |
7,663 |
5.6% |
| Other crime |
3,251 |
2.4% |
| Burglary |
2,641 |
1.9% |
Limits to keep in mind
- These figures are published police records for the Police Service of Northern Ireland area, not a single borough, council area, street, or postcode.
- Published locations are approximate; they are snapped to anonymous map points before release.
- Recording practices differ between forces, so force-to-force comparisons need care.
- Outcome labels are not court results or conviction rates.
Full detail is on the methodology page.
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Postcode districts
District pages where Police Service of Northern Ireland published most of the records, September 2025 to August 2026. Each district page lists the sectors that have their own page.
Cite this page
This page updates as new months are published, so a citation needs the months shown and the date you read it. One click selects the whole citation. The CSV holds this page's monthly and category figures for Police Service of Northern Ireland area, with the same source and months.
CrimeMapsUK. Police Service of Northern Ireland area: published street-crime records, September 2025 to August 2026. Source: data.police.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. Retrieved 1 November 2026. Police locations are approximate. https://crimemapsuk.com/crime/northern-ireland/
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