Lecale
WardEast Newry, Mourne and Down. About 4,543 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 55 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Lecale live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Lecale compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Lecale safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Lecale at a rate of 46.6 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, 24 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Lecale.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (74), anti-social behaviour (64) 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 Lecale alone. See Newry, Mourne and Down
Lecale in brief
Lecale had 4,378 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Lecale live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Lecale, 98.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
60.4% of residents in Lecale were aged 15 to 64 at the census.