Crime in Holywood: Live PSNI Data
Live crime figures for Holywood town centre, updated monthly from official PSNI data. See what was recorded within a mile of the centre, the 12-month trend, an incident map, the official 10-year picture for the council area and how Holywood compares with other Northern Ireland towns. Check your own street with the postcode search below.
Latest published month of official PSNI data: August 2026.
Holywood, the full report
Recorded incidents within 1 mile of Holywood town centre. Latest published month: August 2026.
Latest month
57August 2026
12 reported months
473September 2025 to August 2026
Same month last year
+2433 to 57 incidents, 73% higher. August 2025 to August 2026.
These are recorded incident counts, not population-adjusted rates or a prediction of an individual property’s risk.
About these figures
In August 2026, PSNI recorded 57 crimes within 1 mile of Holywood centre (Ards & North Down district), 73% higher than the same month last year. Over the last 12 reported months the same measure totals 473 incidents.
Source: Police Service of Northern Ireland via data.police.uk (UK Police API), data to August 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Locations are anonymised map points; a small number of crimes without usable locations are excluded. Figures describe a fixed 1-mile radius around the town centre, not council or town boundaries, see our methodology.
The postcode search above uses its own selected location and period. Choose a period, then press Search. It does not change the fixed town report below.
What was recorded?
Crime Breakdown
Categories reported in August 2026. Security-relevant categories, the ones the right CCTV, alarm and access control can help with, are highlighted.
Gold edge = security-relevant. Muted bars are categories a physical security system rarely affects.
Source: Police Service of Northern Ireland via data.police.uk (UK Police API), data to August 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Locations are anonymised map points; a small number of crimes without usable locations are excluded. Figures describe a fixed 1-mile radius around the town centre, not council or town boundaries, see our methodology.
Is the picture changing?
The last 12 reported months, using the same 1-mile town-centre measure.
12-month trend for Holywood
All crime Security-related · 1-mile radius of Holywood centre
Within 1 mile of Holywood town centre. September 2025 to August 2026. Source: PSNI via data.police.uk. Methodology.
View all monthly figures
| Month | All crime (1-mile radius) | Security-related* |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | 57 | 35 |
| Jul 2026 | 44 | 26 |
| Jun 2026 | 40 | 18 |
| May 2026 | 53 | 24 |
| Apr 2026 | 41 | 18 |
| Mar 2026 | 36 | 18 |
| Feb 2026 | 48 | 30 |
| Jan 2026 | 25 | 13 |
| Dec 2025 | 24 | 14 |
| Nov 2025 | 28 | 14 |
| Oct 2025 | 33 | 18 |
| Sep 2025 | 44 | 27 |
*Security-related groups the categories a physical security system can influence: burglary, vehicle crime, robbery, theft from the person, other theft, criminal damage & arson, possession of weapons, and violence & sexual offences.
Explore trends by crime type
Compare crime types, last 12 months
Tick a category to add its line. Counts are incidents within 1 mile of the town centre per month, PSNI data.
Within 1 mile of Holywood town centre. September 2025 to August 2026. Source: PSNI via data.police.uk. Methodology.
Explore recorded locations
Incident map, August 2026. Within 1 mile of Holywood town centre.
View most-reported locations
Most-reported locations, August 2026
- Kinnegar Road6
- Church Road5
- Rannoch Road4
- East Link3
- Stewart's Place2
Counts of PSNI's anonymised "on or near" map points, which group nearby incidents to protect privacy. High counts often reflect busy public places rather than dangerous streets.
Within 1 mile of Holywood town centre. August 2026. Source: PSNI via data.police.uk. Methodology.
How does Holywood compare?
Compare recorded incident counts in equally sized town-centre search areas.
Compare two towns (August 2026, same 1-mile centre measure)
Holywood
- Violence & Sexual Offences 20
- Anti-Social Behaviour 10
- Criminal Damage & Arson 9
- Shoplifting 6
Bangor
- Anti-Social Behaviour 71
- Violence & Sexual Offences 48
- Criminal Damage & Arson 11
- Other Theft 5
Both figures use the identical 1-mile town-centre measure, so this comparison is like-for-like. Bigger towns naturally record more incidents.
This monthly figure is TYPICAL of the 51 Northern Ireland towns with published data for that month, on the same one mile measure.
These are counts within 1-mile circles, not population-adjusted crime rates or a ranking of personal safety.
Same 1-mile centre measure for each selected town. August 2026. Source: PSNI via data.police.uk. Methodology.
The longer-term picture
Annual figures use whole-town electoral wards and the wider council area. They are separate from the monthly 1-mile report above.
The whole of Holywood: the official record
Across all of Holywood (3 electoral wards, not just the town centre), police recorded 334 crimes in 2025/26, down 7.7% on 2024/25 and down 29.8% compared with 2015/16.
Whole-town figures sum the official police recorded crime tables for the electoral wards covering Holywood, published by NISRA. The council-area picture below gives the wider context.
View wider council context: Ards and North Down
Police recorded 5,621 crimes in Ards and North Down in 2025/26, up 0.9% on 2024/25 and down 10.1% compared with 2015/16. That is 6.0% of all crime recorded in Northern Ireland that year.
| Offence group | 2025/26 | vs 2024/25 | vs 5 years ago |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary residential | 78 | +2.6% | -48.3% |
| Burglary business & community | 29 | +26.1% | -34.1% |
| Vehicle offences | 67 | -24.7% | -46.0% |
| Robbery | 11 | +57.1% | -45.0% |
| Criminal damage | 797 | -8.7% | -23.4% |
Anti-social behaviour
3,091 incidents in Ards and North Down in 2025/26, down 2.1% on 2024/25.
The annual council series uses burglary, vehicle offences, robbery and criminal damage groupings. The monthly town-centre security-related subtotal uses a broader set of categories. These definitions differ, so do not compare the two subtotals as the same measure.
Financial-year totals of crimes recorded by the Police Service of Northern Ireland, published on the NISRA data portal. Recorded crime counts depend on reporting and recording practice and the offence classification changed in 2017/18, so long-run comparisons are indicative. Contains public sector information from NISRA and PSNI licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
How safe do residents say they feel?
How safe do people say they feel?
Residents of Ards and North Down surveyed in 2023/24 by the Northern Ireland Safe Community Telephone Survey:
below the NI average of 8%
below the NI average of 5%
Worry and reality often differ: compare these figures with the recorded trend above. Survey moved to telephone interviewing in 2020/21, so comparisons with earlier years are indicative.
Financial-year totals of crimes recorded by the Police Service of Northern Ireland, published on the NISRA data portal. Recorded crime counts depend on reporting and recording practice and the offence classification changed in 2017/18, so long-run comparisons are indicative. Contains public sector information from NISRA and PSNI licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Your local policing team
This area is covered by the PSNI Newtownards neighbourhood policing team. Telephone 101 · ArdsandNorthDown@psni.pnn.police.uk · psni.police.uk. In an emergency always call 999; use 101 for non-emergencies.
Crime data for Holywood, your questions
Sources, geography and limitations
Source: Police Service of Northern Ireland via data.police.uk (UK Police API), data to August 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Locations are anonymised map points; a small number of crimes without usable locations are excluded. Figures describe a fixed 1-mile radius around the town centre, not council or town boundaries, see our methodology.
Whole-town figures sum the official police recorded crime tables for the electoral wards covering Holywood, published by NISRA. Council figures cover the whole council area. Both are financial-year totals, separate from the monthly 1-mile measure.
The annual council series uses burglary, vehicle offences, robbery and criminal damage groupings. The monthly town-centre security-related subtotal uses a broader set of categories. These definitions differ, so do not compare the two subtotals as the same measure.
Where do these Holywood crime numbers come from and how current are they?
They come from the Police Service of Northern Ireland, published through the UK Police open-data API at data.police.uk. We count exactly what PSNI publishes and we do not model or adjust it. PSNI releases roughly six weeks in arrears, so the most recent month on this page is August 2026 with 57 crimes recorded near Holywood centre. Our systems check daily and refresh when a new month appears, and our data notes record the lag and the rest of the small print.
What does the biggest security-related category near Holywood change?
It changes where the money goes first. Violence and sexual offences accounted for 20 of the 57 crimes recorded inside the one-mile circle, within a security-related subtotal of 35. Practically, a camera does not stop an assault, but clear footage is what officers ask for afterwards. We would rather put the right camera in the right place than add cameras, and the free survey is where that gets settled against your own layout.
Which months were busiest near Holywood over the last year?
Across the twelve reported months in the table above, August 2026 was the highest at 57 crimes and December 2025 the lowest at 24 crimes, on a total of 473. That spread is normal for a centre this size and it is the reason we publish the whole run rather than one headline. If you are deciding what to install, the pattern matters less than how your own property is approached and lit. Advanced Overwatch is SSAIB certificated (NIRE127) specifically for Intruder Alarm Systems, Visual Surveillance Systems (VSS) and Access Control Systems. Surveys are free.
Discuss security systems for your property
A survey considers your premises, access and existing systems. Local crime figures provide context; they do not decide what your property needs.