Castle Q2
NeighbourhoodCentral Belfast. 363 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.2 square kilometres.
Gigabit coverage by neighbourhood
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In Castle Q2, 81.0% 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 Q2. See deprivation across Belfast
How Castle Q2 compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Castle Q2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Castle Q2 at a rate of 534.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 538.6 per 1,000 people across Castle Q.
Across Northern Ireland as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 70.2 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 19 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Castle Q2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (59), violence and sexual offences (49) and drug offences (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 neighbourhood, so they describe all of Belfast and not Castle Q2 alone. See Belfast
Castle Q2 in brief
Castle Q2 had 329 usual residents at the census.
In Castle Q2, 81.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
87.0% of residents in Castle Q2 were aged 15 to 64 at the census.
5.2% of residents in Castle Q2 were aged 65 or over at the census.