Eglinton
WardNorth east Derry City and Strabane. About 3,704 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 14 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Eglinton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Eglinton compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Eglinton safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Eglinton at a rate of 39.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 78.4 per 1,000 people across Derry City and Strabane.
Across Northern Ireland as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 70.2 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 7 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Eglinton.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (67), anti-social behaviour (42) and other crime (16).
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 ward, so they describe all of Derry City and Strabane and not Eglinton alone. See Derry City and Strabane
Eglinton in brief
Eglinton had 3,571 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Eglinton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Eglinton, 97.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
64.4% of residents in Eglinton were aged 15 to 64 at the census.