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Northern Ireland People & Society

5%
Increase in estimated population from 1.8 million in 2010 to 1.9 million in 2020
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Table NI37.1 Northern Ireland Population from 1821 to 2020

Table NI37.2 Northern Ireland's Migration Data1
YearGross InflowGross OutflowNet Migration
1981/829,96018,740-8,780
1982/8314,36018,940-4,580
1983/8415,59419,007-3,413
1984/8515,09819,002-3,904
1985/8615,88919,112-3,223
1986/8713,47819,122-5,644
1987/8813,83221,514-7,682
1988/8914,37320,779-6,406
1989/9015,04019,833-4,793
1990/9117,64016,1971,443
1991/9218,52115,6982,823
1992/9317,54414,8762,668
1993/9415,42315,892-469
1994/9516,11518,001-1,886
1995/9624,19819,5144,684
1996/9716,92217,954-1,032
1997/9816,91118,696-1,785
1998/9917,43322,248-4,815
1999/0017,74819,975-2,227
2000/0118,16919,278-1,109
2001/0218,99817,9821,016
2002/0317,91717,688229
2003/0420,41918,8541,565
2004/0525,84220,1525,690
2005/0628,18320,3077,876
2006/0732,70521,77510,930
2007/0830,40222,6887,714
2008/0925,26121,6043,657
2009/1024,54423,3941,150
2010/1123,72425,218-1,494
2011/1223,25524,570-1,315
2012/1323,10025,438-2,338
2013/1424,38122,8101,571
2014/1523,56621,5342,032
2015/1623,80422,3461,458
2016/1722,06920,8941,175
2017/1823,55019,4174,133
2018/1925,63820,8114,827
2019/2021,22524,502-3,277
Source: NISRA
1In general the precision of the migration estimates could be considered to be no better than to the nearest 100.
138
There were 138 girls named Fiadh in 2020, which moved it up 14 places to the 4th most popular girls' name when compared with 2019
Table NI37.3 Top 10 Baby Names in Northern Ireland, 2020
Boys Girls
Rank in 2020 NameNumberChange in rank since 2019 Rank in 2020 NameNumberChange in rank since 2019
1James1900 1Grace1760
2Jack1750 2Emily1460
3Noah1740 3Isla1441
4Charlie1690 4Fiadh13814
5Oliver1341 5Olivia1330
6Thomas1192 6Sophia1254
7Finn1124 7Sophie1232
7Theo1126 8Amelia1150
9Harry111-4 9Lucy1125
9Cillian1115 10Freya1016
     10Ella101-7
Source: NISRA
Table NI37.4 Civil Partnerships, 2005 - 20191
YearNumber of Civil Partnerships
200512
2006116
2007111
200886
200996
2010116
201189
2012101
2013100
2014110
201589
201684
201792
2018108
2019103
Source: NISRA
1Civil Partnerships were introduced in December 2005

The Civil Partnership Act came into force in December 2005, enabling same-sex couples to obtain legal recognition of their relationship.

Table NI37.5 Police recorded crime in Northern Ireland (excluding fraud)1 by offence type, 2011/12 to 2020/21
Numbers
Offence type2011/122012/132013/142014/152015/1622016/1722017/1822018/1922019/2022020/21
Victim-based crime          
Violence against the person30,45830,30432,40434,25235,68533,35334,13136,42641,30539,284
   Homicide24202124221827292122
   Violence with injury (including death/serious injury by unlawful driving)15,60014,84914,12914,42115,00813,96113,72214,24713,59011,731
   Violence without injury (including harassment)14,83415,43518,25419,80720,65519,37420,38222,15027,69427,531
           
Sexual offences1,8161,9332,2332,7293,0293,1483,4303,5353,5503,335
   Rape5535345517377788209661,0951,0141,028
   Other sexual offences1,2631,3991,6821,9922,2512,3282,4642,4402,5362,307
           
Robbery1,2211,014958880732653577639629501
   Robbery of personal property801711715632550515436498511407
   Robbery of business property42030324324818213814114111894
           
Theft offences37,27035,61136,02335,44534,13031,00630,22330,65729,14720,467
   Burglary10,5809,5819,0678,9378,7737,1286,8246,1276,0784,133
   Theft from the person609661576514558413439499475206
   Vehicle offences 6,0175,3395,6095,0894,9254,4183,8803,6613,2712,498
   Bicycle theft1,0581,0731,097966718844863833882731
   Shoplifting6,2015,8906,3726,4966,7726,1646,2786,4646,5844,468
   All other theft offences12,80513,06713,30213,44312,38412,03911,93913,07311,8578,431
           
Criminal damage22,75820,95919,88919,83020,51119,49018,27917,65818,69817,280
           
Other crimes against society          
Drug offences3,7804,3784,7325,0485,5485,4166,4387,0487,8028,165
   Trafficking of drugs8468909688718728288388889161,038
   Possession of drugs2,9343,4883,7644,1774,6764,5885,6006,1606,8867,127
Possession of weapons offences7146517277729228911,0001,0621,1001,094
Public order offences1,6791,5151,5311,4421,4631,2051,0931,0021,2971,282
Miscellaneous crimes against society2,3132,1932,4202,7802,9122,8712,9522,8262,9642,931
TOTAL RECORDED CRIME – ALL OFFENCES (excluding Action Fraud)1102,00998,558100,917103,178104,93298,03398,123100,853106,49294,339
Source: PSNI Statistics Branch
1From 1 April 2015 Action Fraud became responsible for the central recording of fraud and cyber crime previously recorded by PSNI; Action Fraud became responsible for all such reports in England & Wales by 1 April 2014. Action Fraud is the UK’s National Reporting Centre for fraud and cyber crime reported directly to them from the public and other organisations. While this means that these fraud and cyber offences are no longer recorded by PSNI, Action Fraud figures relating to fraud and cyber crime occurring in Northern Ireland are provided to PSNI on a monthly basis. All figures within this table exclude crimes recorded by Action Fraud.
2Revisions to previously published data are applied on an annual basis to financial year crime figures from 2015/16 onwards, as a result of the introduction of the wider outcomes framework in April 2015. These revisions take account of crime cancellations and sanction outcomes identified since the previous annual publication. Revisions of this nature will next be applied in May 2022. Further guidance on crime cancellation can be found in the Home Office Counting Rules for Recorded Crime.
11.4%
Decrease in total number of police recorded crime all offences (excluding action fraud) from 2019/2020 - 2020/2021
Table NI37.6 Environment taxes by tax type, 2013/14-2019/20
£million
Tax2013/142014/152015/162016/172017/182018/192019/20
 
Total 1,5101,4301,3931,4271,5251,5561,580
Annual % change-0.53-5.30-2.592.446.872.031.54
% of total taxes0.090.080.080.080.080.080.08
 
Energy taxes (total)1,056968901873910912882
Fuel duties928920903872873878864
North Sea Oil & Gas revenues by population share:12848-21373418
 
Transport taxes (total)308316328362409428443
Vehicle excise duties paid by businesses59616162666566
Air passenger duty62686466728080
Insurance premium tax726784113140141144
Vehicle excise duties paid by households115120119121131142153
 
Pollution and resource taxes (total)146146164192206216255
Climate change levy28121422232223
Environmental levies58658497121138147
EU ETS auction receipts91214109743
Landfill tax39423841343024
Aggregates levy12151422191918
Source: NISRA

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