Black Mountain A
Middle areaWest Belfast. 3,077 people in 0.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 21% of people in Black Mountain A live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Black Mountain A
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Black Mountain A at a rate of 68.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 128.5 per 1,000 people across Belfast.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 84 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 49 |
| Other crime | 28 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 25 |
| Drug offences | 16 |
| Burglary | 8 |
| Vehicle crime | 2 |
| Robbery | 0 |
| Shoplifting | 0 |
| Theft from the person | 0 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Black Mountain A compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Black Mountain A safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Black Mountain A at a rate of 68.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 128.5 per 1,000 people across Belfast.
Across Northern Ireland as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 70.2 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 23 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Black Mountain A.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (84), anti-social behaviour (49) and other crime (28).
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 Belfast
These figures are published for the whole of Belfast, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Belfast and not Black Mountain A alone. See Belfast
Black Mountain A in brief
Black Mountain A had 3,149 usual residents at the census.
About 21% of people in Black Mountain A live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Black Mountain A, 97.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Black Mountain A, 4.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.