Castle D3
NeighbourhoodNorth Belfast. 508 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.2 square kilometres.
Gigabit coverage by neighbourhood
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In Castle D3, 98.8% 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 Castle D3. See deprivation across Belfast
How Castle D3 compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Castle D3 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Castle D3 at a rate of 29.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 108.6 per 1,000 people across Castle D.
Across Northern Ireland as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 70.2 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 0 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Castle D3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (6), burglary (5) and violence and sexual 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 Belfast
These figures are published for the whole of Belfast, not for each neighbourhood, so they describe all of Belfast and not Castle D3 alone. See Belfast
Castle D3 in brief
Castle D3 had 521 usual residents at the census.
In Castle D3, 98.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
59.9% of residents in Castle D3 were aged 15 to 64 at the census.
19.1% of residents in Castle D3 were aged 65 or over at the census.