Downshire East A2
NeighbourhoodNorth east Lisburn and Castlereagh. 627 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 5.4 square kilometres.
Gigabit coverage by neighbourhood
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In Downshire East A2, 84.2% 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 A2. See deprivation across Lisburn and Castlereagh
How Downshire East A2 compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Downshire East A2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Downshire East A2 at a rate of 87.7 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, 4 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Downshire East A2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (35), anti-social behaviour (11) and criminal damage and arson (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 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 A2 alone. See Lisburn and Castlereagh
Downshire East A2 in brief
Downshire East A2 had 622 usual residents at the census.
In Downshire East A2, 84.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
58.9% of residents in Downshire East A2 were aged 15 to 64 at the census.
20.9% of residents in Downshire East A2 were aged 65 or over at the census.