County Derry policing district had the second lowest recorded number of motoring offences in Northern Ireland
Causeway Coast and Glens had a total of 1,975 in the policing district between August 2023 and July 2024
A County Derry policing district had the second lowest recorded number of motoring offences last year, according to new data.
Causeway Coast and Glens had a total of 1,975 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 2,555.
The only policing area that recorded fewer motoring offences was Ards and North Down with 1,765.
Both areas were the only policing districts with less than 2000 recorded motoring offences.
Meanwhile, Mid Ulster was the sixth highest in Northern Ireland regarding recorded motoring offences, as it recorded 3,003, one of six areas to have over 3000 motoring offences.
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 recorded a total of 3,595 motoring offences, the third highest in Northern Ireland.
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.
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.