Downshire East A1
NeighbourhoodNorth east Lisburn and Castlereagh. 518 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.5 square kilometres.
Gigabit coverage by neighbourhood
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In Downshire East A1, 99.2% 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 East A1. See deprivation across Lisburn and Castlereagh
How Downshire East A1 compares
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Is Downshire East A1 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Downshire East A1 at a rate of 32.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 65.6 per 1,000 people across Downshire East A.
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 Downshire East A1.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were drug offences (6), violence and sexual offences (3) and burglary (3).
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 East A1 alone. See Lisburn and Castlereagh
Downshire East A1 in brief
Downshire East A1 had 533 usual residents at the census.
In Downshire East A1, 99.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
56.7% of residents in Downshire East A1 were aged 15 to 64 at the census.
25.0% of residents in Downshire East A1 were aged 65 or over at the census.