Photo: Kenneth Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0Omagh records anti-social behaviour at 2.7 times the rate of a typical town its size
Set against the 645 UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, it has less crime per resident than 74% of them. Omagh grades C+ for safety overall: close to the middle of UK towns, on crimes the Police Service of Northern Ireland recorded inside its settlement from September 2023 to August 2026. Violence recorded locally climbed 14% in a year. Behind the grade sit 25.9 violent and sexual offences and 9.4 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 people a year.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Omagh
One ward carries much of the rate
Dergmoney ward recorded 411 of Omagh’s 1,587 violent and sexual offences in three years: 64 per 1,000 of its own residents a year. Across the rest of Omagh the figure is 24.1. Where in Omagh ↓
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 14% more violent crime per resident in Omagh than in the year before; across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people violent crime held steady. Burglary, vehicle crime and criminal damage held steady (towns its size: held steady). Trend ↓
Less crime than many places its size
Of 303 UK towns of 14,000 to 28,000 people, Omagh has the 85th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay, Stamford and Maghull, higher than East Grinstead, Honley and Newport Pagnell. Towns its size ↓
Neighbourhood ranks
28% of Omagh’s residents live in a neighbourhood ranked in the highest-crime 20% of Northern Ireland (NIMDM 2017, crime and disorder), and 12% in the lowest-crime 30%. Neighbourhood ranks ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What sits behind Omagh’s C+
A fairly firm grade. Built on 2,161 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Omagh against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Omagh runs highest on anti-social behaviour (33 per 1,000 against 12.4), drugs (3.7 per 1,000 against 1.9) and other crime (3.2 per 1,000 against 1.8). Other theft and shoplifting sit below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 675 | 33 | 12.4 |
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 523 | 25.6 | 30.4 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 139 | 6.8 | 6.2 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 103 | 5 | 6.1 |
| Other theft | not graded | 75 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
| Drugs | not graded | 75 | 3.7 | 1.9 |
| Other crime | not graded | 65 | 3.2 | 1.8 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 18 | 0.9 | 2.4 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 17 | 0.8 | 2.8 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 12 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 12 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| Public order | not graded | 8 | 0.4 | 5.4 |
| Robbery | Violent | 3 | 0.1 | 0.5 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 3 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
How crime in Omagh has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data; England and Wales towns only).
Rolling six-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent +14% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles -3% (towns its size -2%), shoplifting and theft -21% (towns its size +1%), anti-social behaviour +23% (towns its size -4%).
Lowest recorded crime in Drumnakilly, Gortin and Killyclogher; highest in Dergmoney
| Ward | Residents | Violent | Homes & vehicles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drumnakilly | 677 | 8.4 | 3 | |
| Gortin | 744 | 7.2 | 4.5 | |
| Killyclogher | 3,114 | 14.9 | 3.6 | |
| Coolnagard | 2,951 | 21 | 7.1 | |
| Gortrush | 2,651 | 22.5 | 8.8 | |
| Camowen | 3,143 | 29.9 | 9.3 | |
| Strule | 2,889 | 40.5 | 16.4 | |
| Dergmoney | 2,139 | 64 | 24.6 |
A ward’s rate counts crimes where they happened, not where victims live, so Dergmoney records 2.7× the violent crime per resident of the rest of Omagh.
Crimes per 1,000 residents a year by council ward (the part of each ward inside Omagh’s settlement), September 2023 to August 2026.
Towns its size: Omagh comes 85th of 303
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kesgrave Suffolk | 14,947 | 13 | 3.3 | 2.7 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 82 | East Grinstead West Sussex | 26,350 | 23.2 | 11.6 | 10.8 | B− |
| 83 | Honley West Yorkshire | 14,399 | 26.4 | 8.6 | 5.3 | B− |
| 84 | Newport Pagnell Buckinghamshire | 15,250 | 24 | 11 | 9.8 | B− |
| 85 | Omagh Fermanagh and Omagh | 20,458 | 25.9 | 9.4 | 10.3 | C+ |
| 86 | Abbots Langley and Kings Langley Hertfordshire | 18,203 | 21.8 | 13.5 | 6.4 | C+ |
| 87 | St Ives Cambridgeshire | 16,818 | 26.2 | 9.3 | 17.7 | C+ |
| 88 | Lymington Hampshire | 14,870 | 25.8 | 9.7 | 12.6 | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 177 | Enniskillen Fermanagh and Omagh | 14,086 | 33.3 | 14.3 | 13 | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 303 | Rhyl Clwyd | 26,982 | 89.1 | 22.9 | 29 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Omagh, and others in Fermanagh and Omagh.
28% of Omagh residents live in one of Northern Ireland’s highest-crime neighbourhoods
12% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of Northern Ireland’s neighbourhoods, and 28% in the highest-crime 20%. The crime and disorder domain scores recorded crime, anti-social behaviour and deliberate fires where people live, on 2014–15 figures (NISRA’s latest edition), so it can read differently from the town-wide rate, which counts crimes where they happened.
Omagh’s residents by the crime decile of their neighbourhood (Super Output Area, about 2,000 people) in the Northern Ireland Multiple Deprivation Measure 2017 (crime and disorder domain), where 1 is the highest-crime 10% of Northern Ireland’s neighbourhoods and 10 the lowest.
Crime in Omagh per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 9 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 9 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
No one died in a collision on Omagh’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 210 collisions with injuries inside Omagh in five years. 22 people were killed or seriously injured: 8 on foot and 2 on a bicycle.
That is about what is typical for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people: at their median rate (0.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Omagh’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Omagh’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, Omagh had 21.5 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the median for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people (23.8).
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured is as the Police Service of Northern Ireland recorded it: the Department for Transport’s adjustment, which evens out different ways of recording injuries, covers Great Britain’s forces only, and the towns its size are Great Britain’s. There’s no national rate here: more than three quarters of Northern Ireland’s road deaths (77%) happen outside every town’s settlement boundary. Source: PSNI police recorded injury road traffic collisions, 2021–2025.
Collisions police recorded inside Omagh’s settlement, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Omagh sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the settlement can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Omagh
Is Omagh safe?
Police recorded 25.9 violent and sexual offences and 9.4 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Omagh’s settlement). That earns a C+ for safety: less crime per resident than 44% of UK towns. Among 303 UK towns of 14,000 to 28,000 people, Omagh is 85th from the least crime.
What are the safest areas of Omagh?
By council ward, Drumnakilly, Gortin and Killyclogher record the least violent and household crime per resident: 8.4, 7.2 and 14.9 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a year (3-year average), against 64 in Dergmoney.
Is crime going up in Omagh?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 14%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage held steady, shoplifting and theft fell 21% and anti-social behaviour rose 23%. Across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Omagh?
Violence & sexual offences: 523 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (139) and shoplifting (103), with 675 reports of anti-social behaviour.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime (Police Service of Northern Ireland), 36 months to August 2026, points inside the settlement boundary · NISRA Census 2021, data zones best-fitted to the NISRA Settlement Development Limits 2015 (settlement totals from NISRA where it publishes them) · OSNI ward boundaries (the 2014 wards), residents from NISRA Census 2021 data zones by area · NISRA Northern Ireland Multiple Deprivation Measure 2017, crime and disorder domain by Super Output Area (residents from NISRA Census 2021 data zones by area) · PSNI police recorded injury road traffic collisions 2021–2025 (Open Data NI), points inside the settlement boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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