Newtownards K2
NeighbourhoodNorth Ards and North Down. 649 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.1 square kilometres.
Gigabit coverage by neighbourhood
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In Newtownards K2, 96.3% 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 Newtownards K2. See deprivation across Ards and North Down
How Newtownards K2 compares
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Is Newtownards K2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Newtownards K2 at a rate of 101.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 71.2 per 1,000 people across Newtownards K.
Across Northern Ireland as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 70.2 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 5 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Newtownards K2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (31), shoplifting (14) and other crime (7).
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 Ards and North Down
These figures are published for the whole of Ards and North Down, not for each neighbourhood, so they describe all of Ards and North Down and not Newtownards K2 alone. See Ards and North Down
Newtownards K2 in brief
Newtownards K2 had 652 usual residents at the census.
In Newtownards K2, 96.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
66.3% of residents in Newtownards K2 were aged 15 to 64 at the census.
17.1% of residents in Newtownards K2 were aged 65 or over at the census.