BT18 9RT Guide - Crime Rate, Schools & Area Review

BT18 9RT is a postcode in Holywood, Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland. This postcode area guide brings together crime, schools, demographics, property prices, planning applications, HMO licences and roadworks near BT18 9RT, then scores the surrounding small area 86/100 - top 1% nationally across 8 matched LocaleIQ domains.

The strongest signals around BT18 9RT are safety and health, while housing is the main area to examine before moving, renting or buying here. LocaleIQ uses these local signals as a practical area rating rather than a single raw statistic, so read the score alongside the detailed map layers and source records.

The demographic profile for BT18 9RT is based on Ormiston_C Census 2021. It covers 2,472 residents, 984 households. Housing tenure is 93% owner-occupied, 4% privately rented, 0% social rented, useful context for renters, buyers and landlords comparing the local property market. On the official Northern Ireland neighbourhood wellbeing index the area ranks in decile 10/10.

For property prices near BT18 9RT, LocaleIQ uses Land Registry sold-price evidence for the BT18 postcode district. The latest median sold price is £222k from 0 rolling sales, down 0.0% month-on-month. The Property tab separates flats, terraced, semi-detached and detached homes where enough sales exist.

For safety, the Crime tab breaks down recorded crime near BT18 9RT by category and map position. Northern Ireland postcode areas use the official NIMDM crime and disorder domain because no equivalent open street-level police archive is available. Use it with the LocaleIQ safety score because police data can lag and does not capture every local issue.

Local change around BT18 9RT is tracked through nearby planning permissions, HMO licensing and roadworks. This report currently shows 11 planning applications in the Planning tab, with dates, distance and source links. Large council source datasets may contain more records than the displayed list.