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Crimes recorded in Northern Ireland per 1,000 people: record highs and lows

The extremes of crimes recorded in northern ireland per 1,000 people as published by Police Service of Northern Ireland, across the 24 periods held here (Year ending March 2002 to Year ending March 2025). Each record is a published figure, not a computed one, and the scope is this series — not “ever”.

Highest published

81Year ending March 2003

Lowest published

50Year ending March 2021 — the same figure was published for at least one other period

The full series

Crimes recorded in Northern Ireland per 1,000 people: Year ending March 2002 to Year ending March 2025LabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour025507520052010201520202025Year ending March 2002: 80 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2003: 81 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2004: 73 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2005: 68 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2006: 70 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2007: 68 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2008: 61 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2009: 61 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2010: 60 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2011: 57 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2012: 56 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2013: 54 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2014: 55 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2015: 56 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2016: 57 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2017: 53 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2018: 52 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2019: 53 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2020: 56 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2021: 50 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2022: 56 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2023: 58 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2024: 54 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025Year ending March 2025: 50 per 1,000 population · published 28 November 2025
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Local records

Among the 11 local authorities with a published figure, the highest ever published is 143 (Belfast, Year ending March 2002) and the lowest is 30 (Mid Ulster, Year ending March 2025). Searched across 24 periods. All local records.

What a record here is, and is not

A record is the extreme of the periods this site holds for the current series, at each period’s newest published release. Earlier series measured under different methods are not compared against it. Money is in cash terms: a record set years ago stands against the money of its own year.