Waterside J2
NeighbourhoodNorth east Derry City and Strabane. 682 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.2 square kilometres.
Gigabit coverage by neighbourhood
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In Waterside J2, 99.6% 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 Waterside J2. See deprivation across Derry City and Strabane
How Waterside J2 compares
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Is Waterside J2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Waterside J2 at a rate of 48.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 65.8 per 1,000 people across Waterside J.
Across Northern Ireland as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 70.2 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 2 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Waterside J2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (8), other crime (8) and violence and sexual offences (6).
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 Derry City and Strabane
These figures are published for the whole of Derry City and Strabane, not for each neighbourhood, so they describe all of Derry City and Strabane and not Waterside J2 alone. See Derry City and Strabane
Waterside J2 in brief
Waterside J2 had 665 usual residents at the census.
In Waterside J2, 99.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
66.7% of residents in Waterside J2 were aged 15 to 64 at the census.
16.7% of residents in Waterside J2 were aged 65 or over at the census.