Anti-Social Behaviour Incidents in Northern Ireland, Police Records Since 2006/07

PSNI statistics on the number of anti-social behaviour incidents recorded by police in Northern Ireland. The data series is available on a financial year basis and has been comparable since the 2006/07 period. These statistics are collected in accordance with the National Standard for Incident Recording (NSIR).

Use Cases

• Analyze long-term trends in anti-social behaviour based on the financial year time series mentioned in the description.
• Compare annual incident rates across different financial years based on the comparable data series.
• Study the operational recording of incidents based on adherence to the National Standard for Incident Recording (NSIR).
• Assess regional patterns of reported anti-social behaviour within Northern Ireland.

Strengths

• A comparable data series has been available since the 2006/07 financial year, providing a long-term view.
• Data is collected according to the standardized National Standard for Incident Recording (NSIR).
• Statistics are published on a consistent financial year basis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), published by OpenDataNI.

Collection Method

Incidents recorded by police in accordance with the National Standard for Incident Recording (NSIR).

Time Range

Financial year basis, with a comparable series from 2006/07 onward.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:30:46.925237; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northern Ireland.