Downpatrick A2
NeighbourhoodEast Newry, Mourne and Down. 653 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 26 square kilometres.
Gigabit coverage by neighbourhood
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In Downpatrick A2, 98.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
Northern Ireland Multiple Deprivation Measure 2017 is published for the Super Output Areas (2001), whose boundaries differ from this neighbourhood’s, so it has no figure for Downpatrick A2. See deprivation across Newry, Mourne and Down
How Downpatrick A2 compares
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Is Downpatrick A2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Downpatrick A2 at a rate of 21.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 26.5 per 1,000 people across Downpatrick A.
Across Northern Ireland as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 70.2 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 0 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Downpatrick A2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (7), anti-social behaviour (2) and criminal damage and arson (2).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Newry, Mourne and Down
These figures are published for the whole of Newry, Mourne and Down, not for each neighbourhood, so they describe all of Newry, Mourne and Down and not Downpatrick A2 alone. See Newry, Mourne and Down
Downpatrick A2 in brief
Downpatrick A2 had 660 usual residents at the census.
In Downpatrick A2, 98.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
61.7% of residents in Downpatrick A2 were aged 15 to 64 at the census.
19.0% of residents in Downpatrick A2 were aged 65 or over at the census.