Crime in Newtownabbey: Live PSNI Data
Live crime figures for Newtownabbey 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 Newtownabbey compares with other Northern Ireland towns. Check your own street with the postcode search below.
Latest published month of official PSNI data: August 2026.
Newtownabbey, the full report
Recorded incidents within 1 mile of Newtownabbey town centre. Latest published month: August 2026.
Latest month
153August 2026
12 reported months
1,600September 2025 to August 2026
Same month last year
+15138 to 153 incidents, 11% 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 153 crimes within 1 mile of Newtownabbey centre (Antrim & Newtownabbey district), 11% higher than the same month last year. Over the last 12 reported months the same measure totals 1,600 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 Newtownabbey
All crime Security-related · 1-mile radius of Newtownabbey centre
Within 1 mile of Newtownabbey 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 | 153 | 63 |
| Jul 2026 | 178 | 99 |
| Jun 2026 | 139 | 76 |
| May 2026 | 133 | 70 |
| Apr 2026 | 144 | 74 |
| Mar 2026 | 147 | 63 |
| Feb 2026 | 116 | 66 |
| Jan 2026 | 93 | 44 |
| Dec 2025 | 132 | 60 |
| Nov 2025 | 114 | 51 |
| Oct 2025 | 128 | 75 |
| Sep 2025 | 123 | 58 |
*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 Newtownabbey 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 Newtownabbey town centre.
View most-reported locations
Most-reported locations, August 2026
- Longwood Road17
- Shore Road13
- Merville Garden Village7
- Rosslea Way7
- Camross Park6
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 Newtownabbey town centre. August 2026. Source: PSNI via data.police.uk. Methodology.
How does Newtownabbey compare?
Compare recorded incident counts in equally sized town-centre search areas.
Compare two towns (August 2026, same 1-mile centre measure)
Newtownabbey
- Anti-Social Behaviour 56
- Violence & Sexual Offences 36
- Shoplifting 19
- Criminal Damage & Arson 13
Belfast
- Anti-Social Behaviour 504
- Violence & Sexual Offences 499
- Shoplifting 161
- Drugs 157
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 Newtownabbey: the official record
Across all of Newtownabbey (18 electoral wards, not just the town centre), police recorded 2,721 crimes in 2025/26, down 6.2% on 2024/25 and down 4.7% compared with 2015/16.
Whole-town figures sum the official police recorded crime tables for the electoral wards covering Newtownabbey, published by NISRA. The council-area picture below gives the wider context.
View wider council context: Antrim and Newtownabbey
Police recorded 6,269 crimes in Antrim and Newtownabbey in 2025/26, down 4.8% on 2024/25 and down 9.1% compared with 2015/16. That is 6.7% of all crime recorded in Northern Ireland that year.
| Offence group | 2025/26 | vs 2024/25 | vs 5 years ago |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary residential | 111 | -11.2% | -54.1% |
| Burglary business & community | 42 | -26.3% | -40.0% |
| Vehicle offences | 122 | -17.0% | -29.5% |
| Robbery | 11 | -21.4% | -15.4% |
| Criminal damage | 1,015 | +2.5% | -10.2% |
Anti-social behaviour
3,012 incidents in Antrim and Newtownabbey in 2025/26, up 11.9% 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 Antrim and Newtownabbey surveyed in 2023/24 by the Northern Ireland Safe Community Telephone Survey:
above the NI average of 8%
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 Newtownabbey neighbourhood policing team. Telephone 101 · AntrimandNewtownabbey@psni.pnn.police.uk · psni.police.uk. In an emergency always call 999; use 101 for non-emergencies.
Crime data for Newtownabbey, 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 Newtownabbey, 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.
What area do the Newtownabbey figures on this page actually cover?
A fixed circle of one mile around Newtownabbey town centre, not the town boundary and not the wider Antrim and Newtownabbey policing district. Inside that circle PSNI recorded 153 crimes in August 2026, and 1,600 across the twelve reported months shown in the table above. Every town report on this site uses the same one-mile measure, which is what makes the comparisons here like for like. Our methodology page sets out the method and the limits we publish with it.
What does the biggest security-related category near Newtownabbey change?
It changes where the money goes first. Violence and sexual offences accounted for 36 of the 153 crimes recorded inside the one-mile circle, within a security-related subtotal of 63. 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 Newtownabbey over the last year?
Across the twelve reported months in the table above, July 2026 was the highest at 178 crimes and January 2026 the lowest at 93 crimes, on a total of 1,600. 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. If you would rather talk it through first, the office number is 028 7087 8077. Our Burglar Alarm Installation Newtownabbey page covers what that looks like locally.
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.