Holywood
WardNorth west Ards and North Down. About 4,106 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 4.9 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Holywood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Holywood compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Holywood safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Holywood at a rate of 46.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 52.1 per 1,000 people across Ards and North Down.
Across Northern Ireland as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 70.2 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 27 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Holywood.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (69), anti-social behaviour (60) and criminal damage and arson (26).
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 ward, so they describe all of Ards and North Down and not Holywood alone. See Ards and North Down
Holywood in brief
Holywood had 4,319 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Holywood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Holywood, 93.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
59.4% of residents in Holywood were aged 15 to 64 at the census.