Botanic U2
NeighbourhoodSouth west Belfast. 654 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.5 square kilometres.
Gigabit coverage by neighbourhood
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In Botanic U2, 92.8% 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 Botanic U2. See deprivation across Belfast
How Botanic U2 compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Botanic U2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Botanic U2 at a rate of 654.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 420.0 per 1,000 people across Botanic U.
Across Northern Ireland as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 70.2 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 123 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Botanic U2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were shoplifting (106), violence and sexual offences (92) and anti-social behaviour (75).
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 Botanic U2 alone. See Belfast
Botanic U2 in brief
Botanic U2 had 642 usual residents at the census.
In Botanic U2, 92.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
83.6% of residents in Botanic U2 were aged 15 to 64 at the census.
6.7% of residents in Botanic U2 were aged 65 or over at the census.