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Shaw's Road

Ward

South west Belfast. About 5,435 people in 1.7 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 31% of people in Shaw's Road live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
5,047
2,795th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
31%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
98.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Aged 15 to 64
64.1%
Joint 2,692nd highest of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021

How Shaw's Road compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Shaw's RoadMiddle
Population60 wards, Belfast · 2021
Population: every ward in Belfast60 areas from 3,613 to 16,968. The middle area is 5,331. Shaw's Road is 5,047.
5,04723rd least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares60 wards, Belfast · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Belfast60 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Shaw's Road is 31.0%.
31%joint 11th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage60 wards, Belfast · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Belfast60 areas from 86.7% to 99.9%. The middle area is 97.6%. Shaw's Road is 98.3%.
98.3%17th highest
Aged 15 to 6460 wards, Belfast · 2021
Aged 15 to 64: every ward in Belfast60 areas from 59.0% to 86.4%. The middle area is 65.0%. Shaw's Road is 64.1%.
64.1%joint 25th lowest

Is Shaw's Road safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Shaw's Road at a rate of 94.9 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 128.5 per 1,000 people across Belfast.

Across Northern Ireland as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 70.2 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 33 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Shaw's Road.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (219), anti-social behaviour (104) and criminal damage and arson (61).

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 ward, so they describe all of Belfast and not Shaw's Road alone. See Belfast

Average house price
£184,768
Up 7.7% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Population estimate
351,927
Down 0.1% in a year
ONS population estimates · 2025
Female life expectancy
80.5years
UK 83.0 years
ONS life expectancy · 2022 to 2024
Full-fibre broadband coverage
92.3%
UK 81.0%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Shaw's Road in brief

Shaw's Road had 5,047 usual residents at the census.

About 31% of people in Shaw's Road live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Shaw's Road, 98.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

64.1% of residents in Shaw's Road were aged 15 to 64 at the census.