One of Northern Ireland’s wealthiest areas has become the north’s hotspot for antiscocial behaviour, according to the latest PSNI statistics.
The latest figures, covering from 1 August 2024 to 31 July 2025 show that South Belfast alone had 4,675 reported antisocial behaviour incidents.
This represents an increase of 5.6% on the year previous.
The statistics show that the south of the city dwarfs north, east, and west Belfast when it comes to antisocial incidents.
Antisocial behaviour statistics
In fact, this pocket of Belfast, which includes some of the north’s most expensive houses had almost as many antisocial behaviour incidents as the entire Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon (ABC) council area (4,904) which had the highest number of instances on the list outside of Belfast.
Elsewhere in Belfast, the area with the second highest number of antisocial behaviour instances was north Belfast (4,283), followed by east Belfast (2,704) and west Belfast (2,608).
Overall, the Belfast City Council area had the highest number of reported incidents (14,270) – a 5.8% increase on the 12 months previous.
Next up was Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon at 4,904 and representing a 3.9% increase on the year previous.
This is followed by the Newry, Mourne & Down council area (4,007) which saw a 6.1% increase on the prior 12 months.
Derry City and Strabane was next at 3,512 incidents – however, this area saw a 2.8% rise in antisocial behaviour incidences when compared with the previous year.
Ards & North Down (3,220), Causeway Coast and Glens (2,904), Antrim and Newtownabbey (2,783), Mid and East Antrim (2,696) were next in line.
The districts with the next highest figures were Lisburn and Castlereagh City (2,654), Mid Ulster (2,132) and Fermanagh and Omagh (1,730).
Antisocial behaviour statistics
North Belfast had the highest percentage increase when it came to antisocial behaviour with a 9.1% increase on the year previous.
Newry, Mourne and Down (6.1%), East Belfast (6%), Belfast City council area (5.8%) and south Belfast (5.6%) also saw increases.
The area that saw the lowest increase on the table was west Belfast – with just a 1.1% rise.
Meanwhile the largest percentage decreases were in Mid and East Antrim (-9.1%), Fermanagh and Omagh (-9%), Derry and Strabane (-2.8%).
There were also decreases in antisocial behaviour in Lisburn and Castlereagh City (-1.2%) and Ards and North Down (-1%).
Overall, there were 44,821 anti-social behaviour incidents in Northern Ireland, an increase of 925 (2.1%) when compared with the previous 12 months.
Despite the increase, police say that this remains one of the lowest 12 month figures since the data series began in 2006/07.
All eleven policing districts experienced an increase in levels of antisocial behaviour between June and July 2025.