Crime in Markethill: Live PSNI Data
Live crime figures for Markethill 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 Markethill compares with other Northern Ireland towns. Check your own street with the postcode search below.
Latest published month of official PSNI data: August 2026.
Markethill, the full report
Recorded incidents within 1 mile of Markethill town centre. Latest published month: August 2026.
Latest month
16August 2026
12 reported months
167September 2025 to August 2026
Same month last year
+610 to 16 incidents, 60% 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 16 crimes within 1 mile of Markethill centre (Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon district), 60% higher than the same month last year. Over the last 12 reported months the same measure totals 167 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 Markethill
All crime Security-related · 1-mile radius of Markethill centre
Within 1 mile of Markethill town centre. September 2025 to August 2026. Source: PSNI via data.police.uk. Methodology.
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| Month | All crime (1-mile radius) | Security-related* |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | 16 | 8 |
| Jul 2026 | 17 | 12 |
| Jun 2026 | 17 | 12 |
| May 2026 | 13 | 7 |
| Apr 2026 | 15 | 4 |
| Mar 2026 | 12 | 6 |
| Feb 2026 | 6 | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | 22 | 12 |
| Dec 2025 | 9 | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | 14 | 5 |
| Oct 2025 | 15 | 7 |
| Sep 2025 | 11 | 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 Markethill 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 Markethill town centre.
View most-reported locations
Most-reported locations, August 2026
- Bunker Hill4
- Ashlea Gardens3
- Halford Mews2
- Mowhan Road2
- Main Street2
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 Markethill town centre. August 2026. Source: PSNI via data.police.uk. Methodology.
How does Markethill compare?
Compare recorded incident counts in equally sized town-centre search areas.
Compare two towns (August 2026, same 1-mile centre measure)
Markethill
- Anti-Social Behaviour 7
- Violence & Sexual Offences 5
- Criminal Damage & Arson 3
- Other Crime 1
Armagh
- Anti-Social Behaviour 45
- Violence & Sexual Offences 23
- Shoplifting 15
- Criminal Damage & Arson 12
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 LOWER 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 Markethill: the official record
Across all of Markethill (3 electoral wards, not just the town centre), police recorded 350 crimes in 2025/26, up 0.9% on 2024/25 and down 13.6% compared with 2015/16.
Whole-town figures sum the official police recorded crime tables for the electoral wards covering Markethill, published by NISRA. The council-area picture below gives the wider context.
View wider council context: Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
Police recorded 8,742 crimes in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon in 2025/26, down 2.9% on 2024/25 and down 13.1% compared with 2015/16. That is 9.3% of all crime recorded in Northern Ireland that year.
| Offence group | 2025/26 | vs 2024/25 | vs 5 years ago |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary residential | 179 | -20.4% | -36.1% |
| Burglary business & community | 77 | +51.0% | -1.3% |
| Vehicle offences | 175 | -5.9% | -17.8% |
| Robbery | 25 | +4.2% | -37.5% |
| Criminal damage | 1,312 | -9.4% | -26.9% |
Anti-social behaviour
4,875 incidents in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon in 2025/26, down 2.2% 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 Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon surveyed in 2023/24 by the Northern Ireland Safe Community Telephone Survey:
above the NI average of 8%
above 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 Armagh neighbourhood policing team. Telephone 101 · ArmaghCityBanbridgeandCraigavon@psni.pnn.police.uk · psni.police.uk. In an emergency always call 999; use 101 for non-emergencies.
Crime data for Markethill, 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 Markethill, 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.
Does the one-mile circle used for Markethill reach my part of town?
It might not. The circle is drawn on Markethill town centre, so outlying estates, townlands and business parks can sit outside it even though they carry a Markethill address. That is why the 16 crimes logged in August 2026 should be read as a picture of the centre rather than a figure for your street. If you want the position at your own postcode, the search at the top of this page runs the same one-mile measure from wherever you put it. Our method note covers the rest.
What was actually recorded near Markethill centre in the latest month?
16 crimes in total, broken down as violence and sexual offences (5), anti-social behaviour (7), criminal damage and arson (3), possession of weapons (0), vehicle crime (0). Of those, 8 sat in the group we mark as security-related, the categories a physical system can realistically influence. The rest are policing matters where a camera provides evidence rather than prevention, and we label the difference wherever it appears rather than rolling everything into one alarming number.
What is the sensible first step for a home or business in Markethill?
Look at the property before the product. The figures on this page, 16 crimes near Markethill centre in August 2026 and 167 across the twelve reported months, tell you the context and nothing about your own doors, gates, lighting or sightlines. A survey walks the approach, identifies where an intruder would go and what a camera would actually see at 2am, then sets out what is worth doing and in what order. Book a free survey and we will tell you what the property needs, including when that is less than you expected.
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.