Crime in Newcastle: Live PSNI Data
Live crime figures for Newcastle 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 Newcastle compares with other Northern Ireland towns. Check your own street with the postcode search below.
Latest published month of official PSNI data: August 2026.
Newcastle, the full report
Recorded incidents within 1 mile of Newcastle town centre. Latest published month: August 2026.
Latest month
102August 2026
12 reported months
1,048September 2025 to August 2026
Same month last year
−1103 to 102 incidents, 1% lower. 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 102 crimes within 1 mile of Newcastle centre (Newry, Mourne & Down district), 1% lower than the same month last year. Over the last 12 reported months the same measure totals 1,048 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 Newcastle
All crime Security-related · 1-mile radius of Newcastle centre
Within 1 mile of Newcastle 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 | 102 | 40 |
| Jul 2026 | 111 | 54 |
| Jun 2026 | 78 | 35 |
| May 2026 | 103 | 40 |
| Apr 2026 | 116 | 47 |
| Mar 2026 | 74 | 31 |
| Feb 2026 | 71 | 32 |
| Jan 2026 | 76 | 31 |
| Dec 2025 | 103 | 46 |
| Nov 2025 | 60 | 31 |
| Oct 2025 | 82 | 32 |
| Sep 2025 | 72 | 33 |
*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 Newcastle 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 Newcastle town centre.
View most-reported locations
Most-reported locations, August 2026
- Main Street21
- Bryansford Avenue12
- Ballaghbeg Park6
- Castle Place5
- Hunters Walk4
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 Newcastle town centre. August 2026. Source: PSNI via data.police.uk. Methodology.
How does Newcastle compare?
Compare recorded incident counts in equally sized town-centre search areas.
Compare two towns (August 2026, same 1-mile centre measure)
Newcastle
- Anti-Social Behaviour 53
- Violence & Sexual Offences 26
- Criminal Damage & Arson 7
- Drugs 7
Downpatrick
- Violence & Sexual Offences 38
- Anti-Social Behaviour 29
- Criminal Damage & Arson 11
- Drugs 6
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 places it among the HIGHER third 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 Newcastle: the official record
Across all of Newcastle (2 electoral wards, not just the town centre), police recorded 613 crimes in 2025/26, up 3.7% on 2024/25 and down 19.8% compared with 2015/16.
Whole-town figures sum the official police recorded crime tables for the electoral wards covering Newcastle, published by NISRA. The council-area picture below gives the wider context.
View wider council context: Newry, Mourne and Down
Police recorded 7,817 crimes in Newry, Mourne and Down in 2025/26, up 2.5% on 2024/25 and down 11.1% compared with 2015/16. That is 8.4% of all crime recorded in Northern Ireland that year.
| Offence group | 2025/26 | vs 2024/25 | vs 5 years ago |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary residential | 197 | -15.8% | -31.8% |
| Burglary business & community | 109 | +65.2% | -22.1% |
| Vehicle offences | 209 | -7.9% | -22.3% |
| Robbery | 24 | -25.0% | -31.4% |
| Criminal damage | 1,203 | -2.4% | -32.0% |
Anti-social behaviour
3,804 incidents in Newry, Mourne and Down in 2025/26, down 2.9% 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 Newry, Mourne and Down surveyed in 2023/24 by the Northern Ireland Safe Community Telephone Survey:
in line with the NI average
in line with the NI average
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 Downpatrick neighbourhood policing team. Telephone 101 · NewryMourneandDown@psni.pnn.police.uk · psni.police.uk. In an emergency always call 999; use 101 for non-emergencies.
Crime data for Newcastle, 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 Newcastle, 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.
How many crimes were recorded near Newcastle in the latest month, and what is counted?
PSNI recorded 102 crimes inside a one-mile radius of Newcastle town centre, using the Home Office categories it reports against. The same measure totals 1,048 over the twelve reported months in the table above. It counts recorded crime only, so it is not a measure of how many incidents were reported, prosecuted or resolved, and it says nothing about outcomes. Our methodology page spells that out.
Can a camera do anything about the biggest category in the Newcastle breakdown?
Honestly, not much on its own, which is why we do not count it in the security-related group. Anti-social behaviour made up 53 of the 102 crimes recorded near Newcastle centre that month. The 40 we do count as security-related are the ones a system can be designed against: violence and sexual offences, other theft, burglary, criminal damage and arson. For everything else a camera provides a dated record of what happened and where, which is what police and insurers ask for, rather than prevention.
How does Newcastle compare with Downpatrick?
On the same one-mile centre measure for August 2026, Newcastle recorded 102 crimes and Downpatrick recorded 128 crimes. The comparison tool above will run any two of the towns we track, and because every report uses the same circle the comparison is like for like rather than a ratio built from mismatched boundaries. What it will not tell you is which street is which, so treat it as context for a survey rather than a verdict on either town. A free survey is the practical next step: we look at the property itself, then quote for what it needs.
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.