Photo: Kenneth Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0Moira records less crime per resident than 94% of UK towns
It has less violent crime than 93% of UK towns, and less burglary, vehicle crime and damage than 89%. The local count comes to 9.9 violent and sexual offences and 4.5 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 people each year. Measured on crimes the Police Service of Northern Ireland recorded inside Moira’s settlement between September 2023 and August 2026, it earns a Safety Grade of A: #2 of 5 in Lisburn and Castlereagh.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Moira
Less crime than most places its size
Of 823 UK towns of 3,000 to 7,000 people, Moira has the 20th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Spixworth, Worlingham and Upper Beeding, higher than Bromham, West Chiltington and Bishopthorpe. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
The A for Moira, and how it is built
A fairly firm grade. Built on 211 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Moira against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
Set against 823 towns its size, Moira is 20th
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bailrigg Lancashire | 4,788 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 7.9 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 4 | Hillsborough and Culcavy Lisburn and Castlereagh | 3,754 | 6.9 | 3 | 2 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 17 | Bromham Bedfordshire | 4,652 | 8.5 | 5.2 | 2.4 | A+ |
| 18 | West Chiltington West Sussex | 3,095 | 7.3 | 6.4 | 1.8 | A+ |
| 19 | Bishopthorpe North Yorkshire | 3,333 | 10 | 3.9 | 3.6 | A+ |
| 20 | Moira Lisburn and Castlereagh | 4,891 | 9.9 | 4.5 | 2.6 | A |
| 21 | Dersingham Norfolk | 4,753 | 11.4 | 3.1 | 2.6 | A |
| 22 | Barton on Sea Hampshire | 6,763 | 9.6 | 5 | 3.1 | A |
| 23 | Hemingford Grey Cambridgeshire | 3,372 | 6.8 | 7.8 | 3.8 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 823 | Eastchurch Kent | 3,381 | 132 | 13.9 | 3.5 | 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 Moira, and others in Lisburn and Castlereagh.
How Moira’s neighbourhoods rank in Northern Ireland
48% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of Northern Ireland’s neighbourhoods, and 0% 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.
Moira’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.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Violence & sexual offences and criminal damage & arson sit below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 57 | 11.7 | 22.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 38 | 7.8 | 8.8 |
| Other theft | not graded | 11 | 2.2 | 3.2 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 10 | 2 | 4.5 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 8 | 1.6 | 2 |
| Other crime | not graded | 8 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| Drugs | not graded | 7 | 1.4 | 1 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 6 | 1.2 | 1.9 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 3 | 0.6 | 1.8 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 1 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Public order | not graded | 0 | 0 | 3.6 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Robbery | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
“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 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Crime in Moira 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 5 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 3 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
58 violent and sexual offences in the last 12 months, against 37 the year before
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data; England and Wales towns only).
Rolling twelve-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 +57% (towns its size +1%), anti-social behaviour -19% (towns its size +0%).
One person died in collisions on Moira’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 23 collisions with injuries inside Moira in five years, in which one person died (1 was a pedestrian). 7 people were killed or seriously injured: 5 on foot and 2 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people (81%) had no road deaths in these five years, so with numbers this small a single collision changes the picture; Moira’s one death is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Moira’s size at the median for UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people would see about 4 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Moira had 7.
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 Moira’s settlement, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Moira
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moira | 4,891 | 9.9 | 4.5 | A |
| Waringstown | 3,866 | 11.6 | 3.7 | A |
| Dromore | 6,395 | 17.3 | 6.5 | B+ |
| Hillsborough and Culcavy | 3,754 | 6.9 | 3 | A+ |
| Craigavon | 72,301 | 30.9 | 12.3 | C |
| Lisburn | 51,447 | 22.9 | 9.6 | B− |
| Banbridge | 17,400 | 28.2 | 10.8 | C+ |
| Crumlin | 5,366 | 19.1 | 7.8 | B |
Moira records more graded crime per resident than 1 of its 7 neighbours. Hillsborough and Culcavy, 6.1 miles away, records 6.9 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Moira’s 9.9.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
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 Moira 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 Moira
Is Moira safe?
Police recorded 9.9 violent and sexual offences and 4.5 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Moira’s settlement). That earns an A for safety: less crime per resident than 94% of UK towns. Among 823 UK towns of 3,000 to 7,000 people, Moira is 20th from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Moira?
Police recorded 58 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026, against 37 in the 12 months before. With numbers this small, a few crimes change the rate a lot.
What is the most common crime in Moira?
Violence & sexual offences: 57 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came other theft (11) and criminal damage & arson (10), with 38 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Moira compare with Belfast?
Belfast records 45.1 violent and sexual offences and 19 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Moira’s 9.9 and 4.5, over the same three years.
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) · 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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