Crime in Portstewart: Live PSNI Data
Live crime figures for Portstewart 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 Portstewart compares with other Northern Ireland towns. Check your own street with the postcode search below.
Latest published month of official PSNI data: August 2026.
Portstewart, the full report
Recorded incidents within 1 mile of Portstewart town centre. Latest published month: August 2026.
Latest month
32August 2026
12 reported months
343September 2025 to August 2026
Same month last year
+824 to 32 incidents, 33% 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 32 crimes within 1 mile of Portstewart centre (Causeway Coast & Glens district), 33% higher than the same month last year. Over the last 12 reported months the same measure totals 343 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 Portstewart
All crime Security-related · 1-mile radius of Portstewart centre
Within 1 mile of Portstewart 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 | 32 | 17 |
| Jul 2026 | 44 | 22 |
| Jun 2026 | 21 | 9 |
| May 2026 | 28 | 16 |
| Apr 2026 | 30 | 10 |
| Mar 2026 | 38 | 14 |
| Feb 2026 | 42 | 23 |
| Jan 2026 | 23 | 16 |
| Dec 2025 | 17 | 9 |
| Nov 2025 | 24 | 9 |
| Oct 2025 | 28 | 20 |
| Sep 2025 | 16 | 8 |
*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 Portstewart 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 Portstewart town centre.
View most-reported locations
Most-reported locations, August 2026
- The Promenade10
- Mill Road3
- Coleraine Road3
- Old Mill Grange2
- Seafield Park South1
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 Portstewart town centre. August 2026. Source: PSNI via data.police.uk. Methodology.
How does Portstewart compare?
Compare recorded incident counts in equally sized town-centre search areas.
Compare two towns (August 2026, same 1-mile centre measure)
Portstewart
- Anti-Social Behaviour 13
- Violence & Sexual Offences 9
- Criminal Damage & Arson 3
- Other Theft 3
Portrush
- Anti-Social Behaviour 18
- Violence & Sexual Offences 13
- Criminal Damage & Arson 7
- Shoplifting 4
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 Portstewart: the official record
Across all of Portstewart (3 electoral wards, not just the town centre), police recorded 463 crimes in 2025/26, down 10.6% on 2024/25 and down 31.6% compared with 2015/16.
Whole-town figures sum the official police recorded crime tables for the electoral wards covering Portstewart, published by NISRA. The council-area picture below gives the wider context.
View wider council context: Causeway Coast and Glens
Police recorded 5,606 crimes in Causeway Coast and Glens in 2025/26, up 4.6% on 2024/25 and down 10.8% 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 | 112 | -17.0% | -21.7% |
| Burglary business & community | 41 | +20.6% | -19.6% |
| Vehicle offences | 177 | +80.6% | +32.1% |
| Robbery | 9 | -18.2% | -59.1% |
| Criminal damage | 810 | -2.5% | -26.9% |
Anti-social behaviour
2,755 incidents in Causeway Coast and Glens in 2025/26, down 0.8% 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 Causeway Coast and Glens 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 Coleraine neighbourhood policing team. Telephone 101 · CausewayCoastandGlens@psni.pnn.police.uk · psni.police.uk. In an emergency always call 999; use 101 for non-emergencies.
Crime data for Portstewart, 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 Portstewart, 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.
Are the Portstewart figures on this page estimates?
No. They are counts of records PSNI published, not estimates or projections. 32 crimes near Portstewart centre in August 2026 means PSNI published 32 records with map points inside the one-mile circle. Two honest caveats we publish rather than hide: locations are anonymised to the nearest map point, and a small number of crimes carry no usable location and cannot appear in any radius count, so totals very slightly undercount. Both are set out in the methodology.
What does the biggest security-related category near Portstewart change?
It changes where the money goes first. Violence and sexual offences accounted for 9 of the 32 crimes recorded inside the one-mile circle, within a security-related subtotal of 17. 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.
Does where Portstewart sits among the towns tracked here mean I need more cameras?
No. The band compares the 32 crimes recorded near Portstewart centre in August 2026 against the other 50 towns on the same one-mile measure, and it is context, not a specification. More cameras are rarely the answer to a higher count. The right ones, positioned where an intruder has to pass and specified to give a usable image after dark, almost always are. 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.