Forkhill
WardSouth west Newry, Mourne and Down. About 4,425 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 57 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Forkhill live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Forkhill compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Forkhill safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Forkhill at a rate of 36.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 60.7 per 1,000 people across Newry, Mourne and Down.
Across Northern Ireland as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 70.2 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 18 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Forkhill.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (57), anti-social behaviour (34) and criminal damage and arson (20).
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 Newry, Mourne and Down
These figures are published for the whole of Newry, Mourne and Down, not for each ward, so they describe all of Newry, Mourne and Down and not Forkhill alone. See Newry, Mourne and Down
Forkhill in brief
Forkhill had 4,595 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Forkhill live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Forkhill, 95.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
64.4% of residents in Forkhill were aged 15 to 64 at the census.