Newtownards R4
NeighbourhoodNorth Ards and North Down. 363 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.6 square kilometres.
Gigabit coverage by neighbourhood
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In Newtownards R4, 79.4% 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 R4. See deprivation across Ards and North Down
How Newtownards R4 compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Newtownards R4 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Newtownards R4 at a rate of 523.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 235.6 per 1,000 people across Newtownards R.
Across Northern Ireland as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 70.2 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 15 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Newtownards R4.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (63), violence and sexual offences (45) and shoplifting (43).
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 R4 alone. See Ards and North Down
Newtownards R4 in brief
Newtownards R4 had 314 usual residents at the census.
In Newtownards R4, 79.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
70.4% of residents in Newtownards R4 were aged 15 to 64 at the census.
20.9% of residents in Newtownards R4 were aged 65 or over at the census.