BT44 8DA Guide - Crime Rate, Schools & Area Review

BT44 8DA is a postcode in Portglenone, Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland. This postcode area guide brings together crime, schools, demographics, property prices, planning applications, HMO licences and roadworks near BT44 8DA, then scores the surrounding small area 77/100 - top 6% nationally across 8 matched LocaleIQ domains.

The strongest signals around BT44 8DA 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 BT44 8DA is based on Bannside_H Census 2021. It covers 2,352 residents, 747 households. Housing tenure is 90% owner-occupied, 7% privately rented, 1% 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 8/10.

For property prices near BT44 8DA, LocaleIQ uses Land Registry sold-price evidence for the BT42 postcode district. The latest median sold price is £173k 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 BT44 8DA 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 BT44 8DA is tracked through nearby planning permissions, HMO licensing and roadworks. This report currently shows 10 planning applications in the Planning tab, with dates, distance and source links. Large council source datasets may contain more records than the displayed list.