Castle U1
NeighbourhoodNorth Belfast. 427 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.0 square kilometres.
Gigabit coverage by neighbourhood
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In Castle U1, 96.1% 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 U1. See deprivation across Belfast
How Castle U1 compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Castle U1 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Castle U1 at a rate of 49.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 127.7 per 1,000 people across Castle U.
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 Castle U1.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (7), violence and sexual offences (5) and criminal damage and arson (4).
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 U1 alone. See Belfast
Castle U1 in brief
Castle U1 had 413 usual residents at the census.
In Castle U1, 96.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
66.2% of residents in Castle U1 were aged 15 to 64 at the census.
11.9% of residents in Castle U1 were aged 65 or over at the census.