Newtownards N3
NeighbourhoodNorth west Ards and North Down. 840 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.5 square kilometres.
Gigabit coverage by neighbourhood
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In Newtownards N3, 96.8% 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 N3. See deprivation across Ards and North Down
How Newtownards N3 compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Newtownards N3 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Newtownards N3 at a rate of 16.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 33.9 per 1,000 people across Newtownards N.
Across Northern Ireland as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 70.2 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 1 case of crime and anti-social behaviour was recorded in Newtownards N3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (7), violence and sexual offences (2) and drug offences (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 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 N3 alone. See Ards and North Down
Newtownards N3 in brief
Newtownards N3 had 553 usual residents at the census.
In Newtownards N3, 96.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
58.6% of residents in Newtownards N3 were aged 15 to 64 at the census.
25.9% of residents in Newtownards N3 were aged 65 or over at the census.