Black Mountain R3
NeighbourhoodSouth west Belfast. 609 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.1 square kilometres.
Gigabit coverage by neighbourhood
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In Black Mountain R3, 99.7% 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 Black Mountain R3. See deprivation across Belfast
How Black Mountain R3 compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Black Mountain R3 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Black Mountain R3 at a rate of 46.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 64.4 per 1,000 people across Black Mountain R.
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 Black Mountain R3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (13), violence and sexual offences (8) and shoplifting (5).
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 Black Mountain R3 alone. See Belfast
Black Mountain R3 in brief
Black Mountain R3 had 593 usual residents at the census.
In Black Mountain R3, 99.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
63.9% of residents in Black Mountain R3 were aged 15 to 64 at the census.
21.3% of residents in Black Mountain R3 were aged 65 or over at the census.