ALMOST one in six of people in Northern Ireland fitted with an electronic tag live in west Belfast, according to new figures.
The constituency has the highest proportion of people under the strict monitoring while they await criminal trial.
There are 49 people living in the area who wear the tags, with 47 in nearby north Belfast - which has almost 8,500 more people living in its environs.
Foyle, which includes Derry city, has 34 people currently fitted with electronic tags.
Lagan Valley, with a population of 104,621, around 20,000 more than west Belfast, has the lowest number - with just four people tagged.
This is followed by North Down with five and Strangford and South Antrim who each have six people subject to such monitoring.
East and south Belfast are among the areas with the lowest number of people with the tags fitted - 11 and 12 respectively.
There are 321 people currently fitted with tags, according to the figures which were released by the department of justice.
Electronically monitored curfew orders have been used since the late 1990s and in the north are placed on suspects in conjunction with bail imposed by the court.
Security firm G4S provides electronic monitoring services in Northern Ireland.
Those fitted with it are usually under curfew and must stay at home or another specified place during certain hours and is fitted with an electronic tag, with a Home Monitoring Unit placed in their home to check they are keeping to their agreed hours.
On November 9 2015 the number of people who were subject to electronic tagging was 321. Breakdown by constituency:
Constituency Tags fitted
Belfast East 11
Belfast North 47
Belfast South 12
Belfast West 49
East Antrim 11
East Derry 24
Fermanagh & South Tyrone 18
Foyle 34
Lagan Valley 4
Mid Ulster 10
Newry & Armagh 19
North Antrim 17
North Down 5
South Antrim 6
South Down 12
Strangford 6
Upper Bann 23
West Tyrone 13
Total 321
