Derry recorded the fourth most amount of motoring offences in Northern Ireland last year

Derry City and Strabane had the fourth highest recorded number of motoring offences last year, according to new data. 

There were a recorded 3,363 in the policing district between August 2023 and July 2024 in the data released on September 26.

This was a decrease from the year before when the PSNI’s Motoring Offences Statistics for Northern Ireland released by the PSNI recorded a total of 3,702.

Belfast City topped the list, with the policing district recording a total of 7,859 over the latest period of recorded data.

This was over 2,500 more than the area of Armagh City, Banbridge, and Craigavon, which is the second highest on the list with a recorded 5,253 motoring offences. 

Newry, Mourne, and Down is the last remaining policing district ranked higher than Derry and Strabane, as it recorded a total of 3,595 motoring offences.

Every policing district in Northern Ireland saw a decrease in the number of motoring offences. 

Antrim and Newtownabbey is fifth on the list, following straight on from Derry City and Strabane, as it recorded a total of 3099.

Meanwhile, close in sixth is the area of Mid Ulster, as it recorded a total of 3,003 motoring offences, being the last area in the country to have more than 3000.

Lisburn and Castlereagh City (2,279), Fermanagh and Omagh (2,160), and Mid and East Antrim (2,035) are in seventh, eighth, and ninth, respectively, all recording over 2000 motoring offences.

Only Causeway Coast and Glens (1,975) and Ards & North Down (1,765) recorded less than 2000 motoring offences, placing tenth and eleventh, respectively, on the list, making them the areas with the lowest recorded motoring offences.