Derry had the second most hoax 999 calls across Northern Ireland over the last five years

Derry had the second highest number of hoax 999 calls across Northern Irish cities in the last five years, with 1,139.

Derry Now acquired these figures through a Freedom of Information request to the PSNI.

Belfast was the only city with more hoax 999 calls, but it was a significant difference as the capital city had over four times as many calls with 4,843.

The Maiden City and Belfast were the only cities on the list with over 1000 hoax calls in this period. 

Lisburn was third on the list with 800 hoax 999 calls, while fourth on the list was Bangor with 659. 

Newry enters the list in fifth with 628, while Armagh rounds off the list with only 516 hoax calls in this five-year period. 

The most prolific year for hoax 999 calls in Derry was 2023, as there were 308 recorded.

While 2019 saw the fewest recorded hoax 999 calls with 182.

Across the same five-year period, the entire county of Derry had 2,352 hoax 999 phone calls.

This is the third-most prolific county in Northern Ireland over this period.

Only Antrim and Down are higher on the list with 7,968 and 4,507 hoax 999 calls, respectively. 

Armagh (2,127) and Tyrone (1,440) are fourth and fifth on the list across this period. 

Fermanagh rounds off the list as the only county with less than 1000 hoax 999 calls, as there were 411 recorded over this period.