Washing Bay
WardSouth east Mid Ulster. About 3,596 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 42 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 46% of people in Washing Bay live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Washing Bay compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Washing Bay safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Washing Bay at a rate of 15.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 41.0 per 1,000 people across Mid Ulster.
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 Washing Bay.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (23), other crime (15) and anti-social behaviour (11).
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 Mid Ulster
These figures are published for the whole of Mid Ulster, not for each ward, so they describe all of Mid Ulster and not Washing Bay alone. See Mid Ulster
Washing Bay in brief
Washing Bay had 3,817 usual residents at the census.
About 46% of people in Washing Bay live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Washing Bay, 89.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
64.2% of residents in Washing Bay were aged 15 to 64 at the census.