Downshire West G1
NeighbourhoodWest Lisburn and Castlereagh. 1,079 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 23 square kilometres.
Gigabit coverage by neighbourhood
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In Downshire West G1, 90.9% 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 Downshire West G1. See deprivation across Lisburn and Castlereagh
How Downshire West G1 compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Downshire West G1 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Downshire West G1 at a rate of 55.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 33.8 per 1,000 people across Downshire West G.
Across Northern Ireland as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 70.2 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 5 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Downshire West G1.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (19), other crime (16) and shoplifting (9).
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 Lisburn and Castlereagh
These figures are published for the whole of Lisburn and Castlereagh, not for each neighbourhood, so they describe all of Lisburn and Castlereagh and not Downshire West G1 alone. See Lisburn and Castlereagh
Downshire West G1 in brief
Downshire West G1 had 1,076 usual residents at the census.
In Downshire West G1, 90.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
60.5% of residents in Downshire West G1 were aged 15 to 64 at the census.
20.0% of residents in Downshire West G1 were aged 65 or over at the census.