The Birches
WardNorth Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon. About 7,024 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 77 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 22% of people in The Birches live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How The Birches compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is The Birches safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in The Birches at a rate of 36.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 60.5 per 1,000 people across Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon.
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 The Birches.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (96), violence and sexual offences (65) and other crime (34).
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 Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
These figures are published for the whole of Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, not for each ward, so they describe all of Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon and not The Birches alone. See Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
The Birches in brief
The Birches had 6,465 usual residents at the census.
About 22% of people in The Birches live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In The Birches, 88.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
60.9% of residents in The Birches were aged 15 to 64 at the census.