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CSO statistical release, 08 December 2016, 11am

Garda Recorded Crime Statistics

2010 - 2014

Percentage change in recorded offences, 2013 to 2014 and 2010 to 2014
		Recorded percentage change
ICCS offence group		2013-2014	2010-2014
01	Homicide offences	-4	-10
02	Sexual offences	+3	-18
03	Attempts or threats to murder, assaults, harassments and related offences	+5	-17
04	Dangerous or negligent acts	+11	+33
05	Kidnapping and related offences	+2	-5
06	Robbery, extortion and hijacking offences	-5	-18
07	Burglary and related offences	+5	+6
08	Theft and related offences	-1	+1
09	Fraud, deception and related offences	+8	-7
10	Controlled drug offences	+4	-20
11	Weapons and explosives offences	-10	-40
12	Damage to property and to the environment	-5	-30
13	Public order and other social code offences	-10	-41
14	Road and traffic offences (NEC)	-3	-43
15	Offences against Government, justice procedures and organisation of crime	+7	-13
16	Offences not elsewhere classified	-3	-24

Falls in recorded offences across most crime groups in period 2010-14, drop in detection rate in some groups

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This release provides an overview of recorded crime, as well as detections and outcomes of criminal proceedings for crimes reported to An Garda Siochana during 2014, based on administrative data received in 2016. The number of crimes recorded in 2014 in most Irish Crime Classification System (ICCS) groups had fallen compared with 2010, and half had fallen compared with 2013.

Compared with 2010 Group 04 Dangerous or negligent acts offences, comprising mostly Speeding and Dangerous Driving offences showed the highest increase (up 33%), however several groups including Group 10 Controlled drug offences, Group 11 Weapons and explosives offences, Group 12 Damage to property and the environment, and Group 13 Public order and other social code offences had decreased by more than 20% relative to 2010. Other serious crime groups such as Homicide offences (-10%) and Sexual offences (-18%) had also decreased, while there were increases in Group 07 Burglary and related offences (+6%) and Group 08 Theft and related offences (+1%).

The proportion of recorded crimes which are detected varies considerably from group to group depending on the type of crime, see Table 1. The detection rate for Group 01 Homicide offences in 2014 was 79%, down 6% on offences reported in 2013. Detection rates for Group 07 Burglary and related offences (18%), Group 09 Fraud, deception and related offences (38%) and Group 02 Sexual offences (47%) in 2014 were also lower when compared with previous years. Detection rates for certain high volume crime types such as Group 08 Theft and related offences, Group 12 Damage to property and related offences and Group 13 Public order and other social code offences were unchanged from 2013 figures at 33%, 22% and 93% respectively.

The CSO resumed the publication of Recorded Crime Statistics in June 2015, following a comprehensive review of the quality of Garda Síochana crime data and on foot of the Garda Inspectorate report on Crime Investigation (11th November 2014). The latest CSO review of the quality of PULSE data published on 28th September 2016 (link below). When interpreting Recorded Crime Statistics the CSO advises that the findings of these reviews should be taken into account.

http://www.cso.ie/en/media/csoie/releasespublications/documents/crimejustice/2016/reviewofcrime.pdf

Table 2 provides a full breakdown of the number of crimes recorded and detected by 3-digit ICCS classification for years 2010 to 2014. Table 3 summarises the outcomes of crime offences reported to An Garda Siochana in 2014 providing total figures by 3-digit ICCS classification for the numbers of crimes detected, those with relevant criminal proceedings, as well as the outcomes of commenced criminal proceedings. Table 4 provides a breakdown by age and gender of convictions for crimes reported in 2014. Table 5 provides a regional and divisional breakdown of recorded crimes and detections including a rate for recorded crimes per 100,000 population (except for Groups 01 and 05).

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Table 1 Detection rates by ICCS group, 2010-2014
						%
ICCS offence group		Detection Rate

		2010	2011	2012	2013	2014

01	Homicide offences	83	88	82	85	79

02	Sexual offences	65	63	59	54	47

03	Attempts/Threats to murder, assaults, harassments
	and related offences	61	61	60	62	58

04	Dangerous or negligent acts	100	100	100	100	100

05	Kidnapping and related offences	60	64	61	67	47

06	Robbery, extortion and hijacking offences	53	49	46	41	40

07	Burglary and related offences	25	23	22	20	18

08	Theft and related offences	38	36	35	33	33

09	Fraud, deception and related offences	54	47	44	42	38

10	Controlled drug offences	99	98	98	99	99

11	Weapons and explosives offences	89	88	89	90	91

12	Damage to property and to the environment	23	23	22	22	22

13	Public order and other social code offences	94	94	93	93	93

14	Road and traffic offences (NEC)	99	99	99	99	99

15	Offences against Government, justice procedures and organistation of crime
		99	98	99	99	99

16	Offences not elsewhere classified	60	49	50	45	43

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			2010		2011		2012		2013		2014
			Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected


01	Homicide offences		90	75	69	61	79	65	84	71	81	64

	011	Murder/Manslaughter/Infanticide	62	47	48	41	59	45	56	43	56	39
	012	Dangerous driving leading to death	28	28	21	20	20	20	28	28	25	25


02	Sexual offences		2,493	1,615	2,036	1,291	2,089	1,238	1,976	1,059	2,044	964

	021	Rape and sexual assault	2,324	1,524	1,871	1,205	1,949	1,171	1,850	993	1,894	878
	022	Other sexual offences	169	91	165	86	140	67	126	66	150	86


03	Attempts/Threats to murder, assaults, harassments and related offences
			18,213	11,036	17,150	10,396	15,697	9,481	14,359	8,920	15,133	8,775

	031	Attempts/Threats to murder	374	218	400	214	279	170	347	214	430	237
	032	Assaults	15,254	10,142	14,673	9,617	13,502	8,803	12,512	8,252	13,226	8,122
	033	Harassment and related offences	2,585	676	2,077	565	1,916	508	1,500	454	1,477	416


04	Dangerous or negligent acts		205,455	204,609	303,975	303,262	271,074	270,144	247,022	246,148	274,071	273,278

	041	Dangerous or negligent operation of a vehicle	204,666	204,053	303,463	302,868	270,559	269,788	246,556	245,849	273,601	272,970
	042	Other dangerous or negligent acts	789	556	512	394	515	356	466	299	470	308


05	Kidnapping and related offences		134	81	115	74	98	60	124	83	127	60

	051	False imprisonment, abduction	134	81	115	74	98	60	124	83	127	60


06	Robbery, Extortion and Hijacking Offences		3,233	1,719	2,953	1,438	2,811	1,290	2,797	1,148	2,650	1,061

	061	Robbery	3,087	1,635	2,829	1,374	2,676	1,216	2,706	1,105	2,530	1,000
	062	Extortion offences	24	16	24	12	38	26	25	13	22	8
	063	Hijacking offences	122	68	100	52	97	48	66	30	98	53


07	Burglary and related offences		26,091	6,523	28,193	6,440	28,433	6,138	26,281	5,368	27,653	4,883

	071	Burglary	26,091	6,523	28,193	6,440	28,433	6,138	26,281	5,368	27,653	4,883


08	Theft and related offences		76,649	29,043	76,665	27,677	76,121	26,400	78,433	26,266	77,629	25,506

	081	Theft/Taking of vehicle and related offences	11,620	2,224	10,475	2,085	8,479	1,547	7,360	1,261	7,763	1,346
	082	Theft (not vehicle)	63,485	25,280	64,670	24,080	66,051	23,268	69,469	23,405	68,476	22,782
	083	Handling stolen property	1,544	1,539	1,520	1,512	1,591	1,585	1,604	1,600	1,390	1,378


09	Fraud, deception and related offences		5,565	3,006	5,570	2,637	5,779	2,558	4,795	2,036	5,155	1,951

	091	Fraud, forgery and false instrument offences	4,743	2,528	4,938	2,263	5,111	2,234	4,396	1,819	4,559	1,697
	092	Other fraud	154	132	132	123	128	110	105	78	115	76
	093	Counterfeiting currency and related offences	666	344	494	246	538	212	288	135	481	178
	094	Corruption	2	2	6	5	2	2	6	4	-	-


10	Controlled drug offences		19,798	19,519	17,573	17,277	16,382	16,122	15,326	15,127	15,872	15,680

	101	Importation/Manufacture of drugs	561	554	619	609	543	536	435	421	374	368
	102	Possession of drugs	18,488	18,228	16,425	16,144	15,257	15,012	14,402	14,225	14,819	14,636
	103	Other drug offences	749	737	529	524	582	574	489	481	679	676


11	Weapons and explosives offences		4,116	3,676	3,484	3,071	3,042	2,693	2,741	2,464	2,477	2,247

	111	Explosives, chemical weapons offences	41	24	80	18	90	31	59	18	50	16
	112	Firearms offences	586	427	447	320	389	256	355	223	333	223
	113	Offensive weapons offences (NEC)	3,029	2,967	2,615	2,537	2,296	2,244	2,181	2,132	1,981	1,939
	114	Fireworks offences	460	258	342	196	267	162	146	91	113	69


12	Damage to property and to the environment		38,824	9,011	35,158	7,975	32,151	7,022	28,709	6,432	27,343	6,028

	121	Criminal damage	38,587	8,887	34,926	7,881	31,863	6,941	28,492	6,360	27,095	5,943
	122	Environmental damage	237	124	232	94	288	81	217	72	248	85


13	Public order and other social code offences		54,858	51,559	48,963	45,948	43,798	40,913	36,401	34,000	32,612	30,258

	131	Disorderly conduct	47,302	46,044	42,082	41,023	37,328	36,314	30,816	29,980	26,803	25,961
	132	Trespass offences	3,806	2,606	3,559	2,256	3,323	1,977	2,942	1,830	2,815	1,695
	133	Liquor licensing offences	2,766	2,178	2,314	1,829	1,902	1,571	1,378	1,142	1,272	1,085
	134	Prostitution offences	184	165	218	202	142	122	119	106	129	116
	135	Regulated Betting/Money, collection/trading offences	423	316	297	253	297	256	320	267	291	255
	136	Social code offences (NEC)	377	250	493	385	806	673	826	675	1,302	1,146


14	Road and traffic offences (NEC)		259,893	256,875	217,208	214,616	195,169	193,348	153,212	151,681	149,247	148,072

	141	Driving licence/Insurance offences	24,638	24,491	20,409	20,273	17,840	17,692	14,539	14,473	14,464	14,406
	142	Tax/Registration offences	67,351	67,190	62,185	62,088	56,690	56,649	38,728	38,701	32,448	32,427
	143	Roadworthiness/Regulatory offences	157,791	156,487	124,305	123,391	112,439	111,820	91,979	91,482	95,398	95,018
	144	Road transport/Public service vehicles offences	10,113	8,707	10,309	8,864	8,200	7,187	7,966	7,025	6,937	6,221


15	Offences against Government, justice procedures and organisation of crime
			11,201	11,036	10,022	9,836	9,435	9,313	9,167	9,066	9,773	9,659

	151	Offences against Government and its agents	336	256	448	342	280	214	278	223	326	257
	152	Organisation of crime and conspiracy to commit crime	18	16	22	18	6	5	4	2	4	2
	153	Perverting the course of justice	99	56	89	47	100	64	62	34	54	37
	154	Offences while in custody and related offences	485	455	362	336	273	260	167	159	158	148
	155	Breach of justice/court order	10,263	10,253	9,101	9,093	8,776	8,770	8,656	8,648	9,231	9,215


16	Offences not elsewhere classified		3,475	2,090	2,990	1,458	3,060	1,538	2,724	1,231	2,641	1,127

	161	Importation/Control/Welfare of animals offences	2,069	790	2,171	719	2,103	660	2,081	649	2,131	676
	162	Fisheries/Maritime offences	26	25	28	24	28	27	35	31	22	22
	163	Use of data, electronic counterfeit and broadcasting	69	30	44	15	51	18	48	16	30	6
	164	Miscellaneous offences	1,311	1,245	747	700	878	833	560	535	458	423

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ICCS offence group					With	Court		Pending
					relevant	proceedings		(incl. appeals	Non-
			Recorded	Detected	proceedings	commenced	Conviction¹	allowed)	conviction


01	Homicide offences		81	64	55	55	20	30	5

	011	Murder/Manslaughter/Infanticide	56	39	32	32	7	22	3
	012	Dangerous driving leading to death	25	25	23	23	13	8	2

02	Sexual offences		2,044	964	403	395	86	289	20

	021	Rape and sexual assault	1,894	878	346	338	80	239	19
	022	Other sexual offences	150	86	57	57	6	50	1

03	Attempts/Threats to murder, assaults, harassments and related offences
			15,133	8,775	4,098	4,000	1,216	955	1,829

	031	Attempts/Threats to murder	430	237	108	106	43	37	26
	032	Assaults	13,226	8,122	3,844	3,753	1,136	853	1,764
	033	Harassment and related offences	1,477	416	146	141	37	65	39

04	Dangerous or negligent acts		274,071	273,278	46,188	41,538	13,634	994	26,910

	041	Dangerous or negligent operation of a vehicle	273,601	272,970	46,052	41,406	13,593	928	26,885
	042	Other dangerous or negligent acts	470	308	136	132	41	66	25

05	Kidnapping and related offences		127	60	18	17	4	9	4

	051	False imprisonment, abduction	127	60	18	17	4	9	4

06	Robbery, extortion and hijacking offences		2,650	1,061	727	722	402	242	78

	061	Robbery	2,530	1,000	691	687	381	233	73
	062	Extortion offences	22	8	3	3	2	-	1
	063	Hijacking offences	98	53	33	32	19	9	4

07	Burglary and related offences		27,653	4,883	3,369	3,294	2,002	620	672

	071	Burglary	27,653	4,883	3,369	3,294	2,002	620	672

08	Theft and related offences		77,629	25,506	15,016	14,708	7,557	2,499	4,652

	081	Theft/Taking of vehicle and related offences	7,763	1,346	853	830	445	122	263
	082	Theft (not vehicle)	68,476	22,782	13,272	13,009	6,714	2,214	4,081
	083	Handling stolen property	1,390	1,378	891	869	398	163	308

09	Fraud, deception and related offences		5,155	1,951	1,182	1,161	533	293	335

	091	Fraud, forgery and false instrument offences	4,559	1,697	1,065	1,045	461	276	308
	092	Other fraud	115	76	15	15	8	4	3
	093	Counterfeiting currency and related offences	481	178	102	101	64	13	24
	094	Corruption	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

10	Controlled drug offences		15,872	15,680	10,859	10,445	3,626	1,263	5,556

	101	Importation/Manufacture of drugs	374	368	278	277	145	61	71
	102	Possession of drugs	14,819	14,636	10,081	9,683	3,269	1,142	5,272
	103	Other drug offences	679	676	500	485	212	60	213

11	Weapons and explosives offences		2,477	2,247	1,480	1,444	727	231	486

	111	Explosives, chemical weapons offences	50	16	8	8	6	1	1
	112	Firearms offences	333	223	127	125	54	33	38
	113	Offensive weapons offences (NEC)	1,981	1,939	1,337	1,303	664	196	443
	114	Fireworks offences	113	69	8	8	3	1	4

12	Damage to property and to the environment		27,343	6,028	3,066	2,976	1,246	547	1,183

	121	Criminal damage	27,095	5,943	3,036	2,946	1,229	546	1,171
	122	Environmental damage	248	85	30	30	17	1	12

13	Public order and other social code offences		32,612	30,258	14,710	14,243	7,635	1,341	5,267

	131	Disorderly conduct	26,803	25,961	12,941	12,519	6,837	1,141	4,541
	132	Trespass offences	2,815	1,695	967	941	422	119	400
	133	Liquor licensing offences	1,272	1,085	369	364	182	6	176
	134	Prostitution offences	129	116	36	34	8	6	20
	135	Regulated betting/Money, collection/trading offences	291	255	94	93	39	8	46
	136	Social code offences (NEC)	1,302	1,146	303	292	147	61	84

14	Road and traffic offences (NEC)		149,247	148,072	64,793	62,504	24,561	1,223	36,720

	141	Driving licence/insurance offences	14,464	14,406	10,806	10,482	3,770	251	6,461
	142	Tax/Registration offences	32,448	32,427	11,099	10,324	3,937	22	6,365
	143	Roadworthiness/Regulatory offences	95,398	95,018	41,461	40,294	16,419	916	22,959
	144	Road transport/public service vehicles offences	6,937	6,221	1,427	1,404	435	34	935

15	Offences against Government, justice procedures and organisation of crime
			9,773	9,659	4,870	4,776	2,442	592	1,742

	151	Offences against Government and its agents	326	257	149	139	30	17	92
	152	Organisation of crime and conspiracy to commit crime	4	2	-	-	-	-	-
	153	Perverting the course of justice	54	37	11	11	9	-	2
	154	Offences while in custody and related offences	158	148	76	70	55	3	12
	155	Breach of justice/court order	9,231	9,215	4,634	4,556	2,348	572	1,636

16	Offences not elsewhere classified		2,641	1,127	356	352	147	54	151

	161	Importation/Control/Welfare of animals offences	2,131	676	254	250	109	32	109
	162	Fisheries/Maritime offences	22	22	8	8	7	-	1
	163	Use of data, electronic counterfeit and broadcasting	30	6	3	3	2	-	1
	164	Miscellaneous offences	458	423	91	91	29	22	40

¹Includes Conviction, Proved and order made without conviction, Probation of Offenders Act.

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		Total	Male					Total	Female					Total	All Persons
		Males	Under 18	18-24	25-44	45+	Unavailable	Females	Under 18	18-24	25-44	45+	Unavailable	Persons	Under 18	18-24	25-44	45+	Unavailable

01	Homicide offences	19	-	5	12	2	-	3	-	-	3	-	-	22	-	5	15	2	-
02	Sexual offences	86	2	6	25	53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	86	2	6	25	53	-
03	Attempts/Threats to murder, assaults, harassments and related offences	1,149	82	398	531	138	-	144	12	37	77	18	-	1,293	94	435	608	156	-
04	Dangerous or negligent acts	10,259	50	1,475	3,614	1,505	3,615	3,243	1	200	819	377	1,846	13,502	51	1,675	4,433	1,882	5,461
05	Kidnapping and related offences	4	-	1	3	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	5	-	2	3	-	-
06	Robbery, extortion and hijacking offences	450	96	147	197	10	-	21	-	10	11	-	-	471	96	157	208	10	-
07	Burglary and related offences	2,058	208	608	1,119	122	1	129	1	30	90	8	-	2,187	209	638	1,209	130	1
08	Theft and related offences	5,648	427	1,629	3,106	479	7	2,360	45	473	1,603	238	1	8,008	472	2,102	4,709	717	8
09	Fraud, deception and related offences	496	2	141	254	99	-	83	2	20	48	13	-	579	4	161	302	112	-
10	Controlled drug offences	3,446	63	1,327	1,874	182	-	269	-	78	168	23	-	3,715	63	1,405	2,042	205	-
11	Weapons and explosives offences	695	41	279	327	47	1	42	2	9	28	3	-	737	43	288	355	50	1
12	Damage to property and to the environment	1,277	229	426	515	107	-	67	3	18	36	10	-	1,344	232	444	551	117	-
13	Public order and other social code offences	7,103	239	2,327	3,511	1,023	3	929	18	196	556	159	-	8,032	257	2,523	4,067	1,182	3
14	Road and traffic offences (NEC)	18,747	96	4,584	9,507	2,880	1,680	5,714	3	934	3,178	729	870	24,461	99	5,518	12,685	3,609	2,550
15	Offences against Government, justice procedures and organisation of crime	2,039	47	633	1,123	232	4	404	1	91	283	29	-	2,443	48	724	1,406	261	4
16	Offences not elsewhere classified	126	-	32	62	32	-	28	-	-	18	10	-	154	-	32	80	42	-


¹ Includes Conviction, Proved and order made without conviction, Probation of Offenders Act.

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Group 02 Sexual Offences		Recorded	Per 100,000 population	Detected	Detection rate (%)

State		2,044	44.3	964	47.2

Northern Region		213	40.9	110	51.6
	Cavan/Monaghan	45	33.5	31	68.9
	Donegal	80	49.4	34	42.5
	Sligo/Leitrim	35	35.6	20	57.1
	Louth	53	41.9	25	47.2

Western Region		212	35.9	101	47.6
	Clare	46	41.9	33	71.7
	Mayo	35	26.5	13	37.1
	Galway	92	36.5	43	46.7
	Roscommon/Longford	39	40.4	12	30.8

Southern Region		333	38.2	166	49.8
	Cork City	106	46.1	45	42.5
	Cork North	59	37.8	30	50.8
	Cork West	39	27.6	23	59.0
	Kerry	59	41.5	28	47.5
	Limerick	70	34.7	40	57.1

Eastern Region		348	44.9	181	52.0
	Laois/Offaly	59	38.7	40	67.8
	Meath	75	41.2	27	36.0
	Wicklow	66	47.9	33	50.0
	Westmeath	30	32.6	21	70.0
	Kildare	118	55.9	60	50.8

South Eastern Region		280	48.9	145	51.8
	Tipperary	63	39.6	33	52.4
	Wexford	69	47.2	28	40.6
	Kilkenny/Carlow	76	51.2	35	46.1
	Waterford	72	60.5	49	68.1

Dublin Metropolitan Region		658	51.5	261	39.7
	South Central DMR	84	67.3	40	47.6
	North Central DMR	75	86.1	22	29.3
	Northern DMR	208	62.5	79	38.0
	Southern DMR	88	36.5	44	50.0
	Eastern DMR	63	32.9	19	30.2
	Western DMR	140	46.5	57	40.7

Group 03 Attempts or Threats to Murder, Assaults, Harassment and Related Offences		Recorded	Per 100,000 population	Detected	Detection rate (%)

State		15,133	328.3	8,775	58.0

Northern Region		2,048	393.1	1,342	65.5
	Cavan/Monaghan	484	360.3	442	91.3
	Donegal	739	456.4	462	62.5
	Sligo/Leitrim	306	311.1	152	49.7
	Louth	519	410.5	286	55.1

Western Region		1,804	305.6	1,087	60.3
	Clare	303	276.1	268	88.4
	Mayo	378	286.7	180	47.6
	Galway	739	293.2	436	59.0
	Roscommon/Longford	384	397.4	203	52.9

Southern Region		2,850	327.1	1,940	68.1
	Cork City	1,037	451.0	615	59.3
	Cork North	422	270.5	289	68.5
	Cork West	320	226.5	219	68.4
	Kerry	426	299.5	338	79.3
	Limerick	645	319.4	479	74.3

Eastern Region		2,216	285.8	1,381	62.3
	Laois/Offaly	491	322.0	399	81.3
	Meath	413	226.8	248	60.0
	Wicklow	481	349.1	267	55.5
	Westmeath	299	324.6	193	64.5
	Kildare	532	252.2	274	51.5

South Eastern Region		1,689	294.9	1,161	68.7
	Tipperary	377	237.0	304	80.6
	Wexford	371	253.7	229	61.7
	Kilkenny/Carlow	454	306.1	297	65.4
	Waterford	487	409.2	331	68.0

Dublin Metropolitan Region		4,526	353.9	1,864	41.2
	South Central DMR	932	746.4	372	39.9
	North Central DMR	797	915.1	339	42.5
	Northern DMR	809	243.1	287	35.5
	Southern DMR	716	296.8	329	45.9
	Eastern DMR	422	220.2	171	40.5
	Western DMR	852	282.9	366	43.0

Group 04 Dangerous or Negligent Acts		Recorded	Per 100,000 population	Detected	Detection rate (%)

State		274,071	5,945.7	273,278	99.7

Northern Region		29,930	5,744.2	29,736	99.4
	Cavan/Monaghan	8,929	6,646.5	8,893	99.6
	Donegal	6,362	3,929.2	6,270	98.6
	Sligo/Leitrim	8,147	8,282.9	8,130	99.8
	Louth	6,492	5,134.9	6,443	99.2

Western Region		37,809	6,404.9	37,739	99.8
	Clare	7,648	6,968.6	7,635	99.8
	Mayo	4,185	3,174.0	4,170	99.6
	Galway	18,401	7,299.7	18,372	99.8
	Roscommon/Longford	7,575	7,838.9	7,562	99.8

Southern Region		53,767	6,170.4	53,643	99.8
	Cork City	9,903	4,307.4	9,876	99.7
	Cork North	12,343	7,912.9	12,320	99.8
	Cork West	6,422	4,545.2	6,404	99.7
	Kerry	6,597	4,638.7	6,578	99.7
	Limerick	18,502	9,160.8	18,465	99.8

Eastern Region		52,208	6,733.2	52,115	99.8
	Laois/Offaly	7,956	5,217.9	7,936	99.7
	Meath	6,997	3,843.2	6,986	99.8
	Wicklow	9,038	6,559.0	9,019	99.8
	Westmeath	10,455	11,351.8	10,443	99.9
	Kildare	17,762	8,419.9	17,731	99.8

South Eastern Region		39,810	6,951.8	39,758	99.9
	Tipperary	10,104	6,352.3	10,087	99.8
	Wexford	9,431	6,448.3	9,417	99.9
	Kilkenny/Carlow	11,947	8,054.8	11,942	100.0
	Waterford	8,328	6,997.2	8,312	99.8

Dublin Metropolitan Region		60,547	4,734.6	60,287	99.6
	South Central DMR	9,405	7,532.3	9,380	99.7
	North Central DMR	4,295	4,931.6	4,268	99.4
	Northern DMR	12,397	3,725.7	12,341	99.5
	Southern DMR	4,345	1,800.9	4,310	99.2
	Eastern DMR	9,659	5,039.8	9,639	99.8
	Western DMR	20,446	6,788.3	20,349	99.5

Group 06 Robbery, Extortion and Hijacking Offences		Recorded	Per 100,000 population	Detected	Detection rate (%)

State		2,650	57.5	1,061	40.0

Northern Region		104	20.0	41	39.4
	Cavan/Monaghan	12	8.9	8	66.7
	Donegal	19	11.7	8	42.1
	Sligo/Leitrim	8	8.1	2	25.0
	Louth	65	51.4	23	35.4

Western Region		90	15.2	58	64.4
	Clare	30	27.3	25	83.3
	Mayo	15	11.4	6	40.0
	Galway	34	13.5	20	58.8
	Roscommon/Longford	11	11.4	7	63.6

Southern Region		223	25.6	138	61.9
	Cork City	124	53.9	75	60.5
	Cork North	9	5.8	7	77.8
	Cork West	2	1.4	1	50.0
	Kerry	9	6.3	8	88.9
	Limerick	79	39.1	47	59.5

Eastern Region		214	27.6	110	51.4
	Laois/Offaly	26	17.1	15	57.7
	Meath	55	30.2	26	47.3
	Wicklow	44	31.9	26	59.1
	Westmeath	32	34.7	19	59.4
	Kildare	57	27.0	24	42.1

South Eastern Region		128	22.4	80	62.5
	Tipperary	21	13.2	16	76.2
	Wexford	40	27.3	23	57.5
	Kilkenny/Carlow	31	20.9	19	61.3
	Waterford	36	30.2	22	61.1

Dublin Metropolitan Region		1,891	147.9	634	33.5
	South Central DMR	395	316.3	163	41.3
	North Central DMR	342	392.7	127	37.1
	Northern DMR	268	80.5	79	29.5
	Southern DMR	315	130.6	90	28.6
	Eastern DMR	123	64.2	55	44.7
	Western DMR	448	148.7	120	26.8

Group 07 Burglary and Related Offences		Recorded	Per 100,000 population	Detected	Detection rate (%)

State		27,653	599.9	4,883	17.7

Northern Region		2,200	422.2	425	19.3
	Cavan/Monaghan	354	263.5	107	30.2
	Donegal	406	250.7	65	16.0
	Sligo/Leitrim	370	376.2	70	18.9
	Louth	1,070	846.3	183	17.1

Western Region		2,091	354.2	438	20.9
	Clare	353	321.6	87	24.6
	Mayo	323	245.0	50	15.5
	Galway	992	393.5	209	21.1
	Roscommon/Longford	423	437.7	92	21.7

Southern Region		2,772	318.1	777	28.0
	Cork City	697	303.2	235	33.7
	Cork North	352	225.7	63	17.9
	Cork West	270	191.1	60	22.2
	Kerry	360	253.1	122	33.9
	Limerick	1,093	541.2	297	27.2

Eastern Region		4,970	641.0	712	14.3
	Laois/Offaly	1,085	711.6	216	19.9
	Meath	951	522.4	113	11.9
	Wicklow	926	672.0	105	11.3
	Westmeath	578	627.6	146	25.3
	Kildare	1,430	677.9	132	9.2

South Eastern Region		3,402	594.1	672	19.8
	Tipperary	637	400.5	166	26.1
	Wexford	1,001	684.4	129	12.9
	Kilkenny/Carlow	927	625.0	180	19.4
	Waterford	837	703.2	197	23.5

Dublin Metropolitan Region		12,218	955.4	1,859	15.2
	South Central DMR	1,766	1,414.4	476	27.0
	North Central DMR	1,112	1,276.8	342	30.8
	Northern DMR	2,521	757.6	269	10.7
	Southern DMR	2,491	1,032.5	286	11.5
	Eastern DMR	1,861	971.0	205	11.0
	Western DMR	2,467	819.1	281	11.4

Group 08 Theft and Related Offences		Recorded	Per 100,000 population	Detected	Detection rate (%)

State		77,629	1,684.1	25,506	32.9

Northern Region		5,032	965.7	1,826	36.3
	Cavan/Monaghan	1,100	818.8	498	45.3
	Donegal	1,011	624.4	426	42.1
	Sligo/Leitrim	796	809.3	307	38.6
	Louth	2,125	1,680.8	595	28.0

Western Region		4,753	805.2	1,904	40.1
	Clare	940	856.5	453	48.2
	Mayo	842	638.6	320	38.0
	Galway	2,263	897.7	875	38.7
	Roscommon/Longford	708	732.7	256	36.2

Southern Region		11,001	1,262.5	5,002	45.5
	Cork City	3,792	1,649.4	1,841	48.5
	Cork North	1,121	718.7	486	43.4
	Cork West	797	564.1	334	41.9
	Kerry	1,185	833.2	726	61.3
	Limerick	4,106	2,033.0	1,615	39.3

Eastern Region		10,885	1,403.8	3,155	29.0
	Laois/Offaly	2,045	1,341.2	626	30.6
	Meath	2,442	1,341.3	665	27.2
	Wicklow	2,244	1,628.5	622	27.7
	Westmeath	1,186	1,287.7	474	40.0
	Kildare	2,968	1,406.9	768	25.9

South Eastern Region		6,759	1,180.3	2,858	42.3
	Tipperary	1,430	899.0	659	46.1
	Wexford	1,631	1,115.2	590	36.2
	Kilkenny/Carlow	1,826	1,231.1	691	37.8
	Waterford	1,872	1,572.9	918	49.0

Dublin Metropolitan Region		39,199	3,065.2	10,761	27.5
	South Central DMR	9,390	7,520.3	2,197	23.4
	North Central DMR	7,651	8,785.0	3,110	40.6
	Northern DMR	6,179	1,857.0	1,527	24.7
	Southern DMR	4,652	1,928.1	1,096	23.6
	Eastern DMR	3,692	1,926.4	937	25.4
	Western DMR	7,635	2,534.9	1,894	24.8

Group 09 Fraud, Deception and Related Offences		Recorded	Per 100,000 population	Detected	Detection rate (%)

State		5,155	111.8	1,951	37.8

Northern Region		415	79.6	171	41.2
	Cavan/Monaghan	99	73.7	65	65.7
	Donegal	93	57.4	29	31.2
	Sligo/Leitrim	81	82.4	23	28.4
	Louth	142	112.3	54	38.0

Western Region		569	96.4	274	48.2
	Clare	56	51.0	32	57.1
	Mayo	85	64.5	33	38.8
	Galway	316	125.4	164	51.9
	Roscommon/Longford	112	115.9	45	40.2

Southern Region		719	82.5	374	52.0
	Cork City	235	102.2	109	46.4
	Cork North	124	79.5	97	78.2
	Cork West	89	63.0	47	52.8
	Kerry	91	64.0	50	54.9
	Limerick	180	89.1	71	39.4

Eastern Region		692	89.2	230	33.2
	Laois/Offaly	125	82.0	42	33.6
	Meath	126	69.2	36	28.6
	Wicklow	150	108.9	44	29.3
	Westmeath	100	108.6	44	44.0
	Kildare	191	90.5	64	33.5

South Eastern Region		369	64.4	171	46.3
	Tipperary	90	56.6	56	62.2
	Wexford	96	65.6	37	38.5
	Kilkenny/Carlow	90	60.7	41	45.6
	Waterford	93	78.1	37	39.8

Dublin Metropolitan Region		2,391	187.0	731	30.6
	South Central DMR	505	404.4	141	27.9
	North Central DMR	368	422.5	116	31.5
	Northern DMR	472	141.8	126	26.7
	Southern DMR	280	116.1	81	28.9
	Eastern DMR	261	136.2	63	24.1
	Western DMR	505	167.7	204	40.4

Group 10 Controlled Drug Offences		Recorded	Per 100,000 population	Detected	Detection rate (%)

State		15,872	344.3	15,680	98.8

Northern Region		871	167.2	857	98.4
	Cavan/Monaghan	202	150.4	199	98.5
	Donegal	211	130.3	205	97.2
	Sligo/Leitrim	173	175.9	171	98.8
	Louth	285	225.4	282	98.9

Western Region		1,330	225.3	1,305	98.1
	Clare	403	367.2	400	99.3
	Mayo	142	107.7	130	91.5
	Galway	572	226.9	567	99.1
	Roscommon/Longford	213	220.4	208	97.7

Southern Region		2,745	315.0	2,731	99.5
	Cork City	924	401.9	921	99.7
	Cork North	449	287.8	446	99.3
	Cork West	266	188.3	264	99.2
	Kerry	472	331.9	469	99.4
	Limerick	634	313.9	631	99.5

Eastern Region		2,124	273.9	2,102	99.0
	Laois/Offaly	663	434.8	659	99.4
	Meath	216	118.6	213	98.6
	Wicklow	535	388.3	532	99.4
	Westmeath	353	383.3	348	98.6
	Kildare	357	169.2	350	98.0

South Eastern Region		1,664	290.6	1,654	99.4
	Tipperary	572	359.6	571	99.8
	Wexford	250	170.9	248	99.2
	Kilkenny/Carlow	406	273.7	403	99.3
	Waterford	436	366.3	432	99.1

Dublin Metropolitan Region		7,138	558.2	7,031	98.5
	South Central DMR	920	736.8	914	99.3
	North Central DMR	1,896	2,177.0	1,883	99.3
	Northern DMR	1,177	353.7	1,143	97.1
	Southern DMR	1,111	460.5	1,088	97.9
	Eastern DMR	272	141.9	271	99.6
	Western DMR	1,762	585.0	1,732	98.3

Group 11 Weapons and Explosive Offences		Recorded	Per 100,000 population	Detected	Detection rate (%)

State		2,477	53.7	2,247	90.7

Northern Region		231	44.3	205	88.7
	Cavan/Monaghan	56	41.7	53	94.6
	Donegal	42	25.9	37	88.1
	Sligo/Leitrim	56	56.9	48	85.7
	Louth	77	60.9	67	87.0

Western Region		176	29.8	163	92.6
	Clare	53	48.3	52	98.1
	Mayo	27	20.5	23	85.2
	Galway	66	26.2	62	93.9
	Roscommon/Longford	30	31.0	26	86.7

Southern Region		433	49.7	406	93.8
	Cork City	136	59.2	128	94.1
	Cork North	33	21.2	33	100.0
	Cork West	19	13.4	18	94.7
	Kerry	61	42.9	60	98.4
	Limerick	184	91.1	167	90.8

Eastern Region		278	35.9	250	89.9
	Laois/Offaly	56	36.7	51	91.1
	Meath	52	28.6	45	86.5
	Wicklow	65	47.2	60	92.3
	Westmeath	53	57.5	49	92.5
	Kildare	52	24.6	45	86.5

South Eastern Region		229	40.0	215	93.9
	Tipperary	59	37.1	55	93.2
	Wexford	43	29.4	36	83.7
	Kilkenny/Carlow	60	40.5	60	100.0
	Waterford	67	56.3	64	95.5

Dublin Metropolitan Region		1,130	88.4	1,008	89.2
	South Central DMR	225	180.2	213	94.7
	North Central DMR	214	245.7	204	95.3
	Northern DMR	167	50.2	128	76.6
	Southern DMR	196	81.2	163	83.2
	Eastern DMR	68	35.5	62	91.2
	Western DMR	260	86.3	238	91.5

Group 12 Damage to Property and to the Environment		Recorded	Per 100,000 population	Detected	Detection rate (%)

State		27,343	593.2	6,028	22.0

Northern Region		2,751	528.0	756	27.5
	Cavan/Monaghan	516	384.1	236	45.7
	Donegal	672	415.0	232	34.5
	Sligo/Leitrim	515	523.6	91	17.7
	Louth	1,048	828.9	197	18.8

Western Region		2,149	364.0	621	28.9
	Clare	392	357.2	140	35.7
	Mayo	462	350.4	100	21.6
	Galway	904	358.6	278	30.8
	Roscommon/Longford	391	404.6	103	26.3

Southern Region		4,414	506.6	1,168	26.5
	Cork City	1,632	709.8	363	22.2
	Cork North	523	335.3	155	29.6
	Cork West	386	273.2	140	36.3
	Kerry	371	260.9	147	39.6
	Limerick	1,502	743.7	363	24.2

Eastern Region		3,944	508.6	940	23.8
	Laois/Offaly	777	509.6	223	28.7
	Meath	723	397.1	190	26.3
	Wicklow	878	637.2	220	25.1
	Westmeath	557	604.8	130	23.3
	Kildare	1,009	478.3	177	17.5

South Eastern Region		2,698	471.1	676	25.1
	Tipperary	532	334.5	168	31.6
	Wexford	758	518.3	127	16.8
	Kilkenny/Carlow	643	433.5	183	28.5
	Waterford	765	642.8	198	25.9

Dublin Metropolitan Region		11,387	890.4	1,867	16.4
	South Central DMR	1,433	1,147.7	320	22.3
	North Central DMR	1,521	1,746.4	323	21.2
	Northern DMR	2,233	671.1	332	14.9
	Southern DMR	2,101	870.8	327	15.6
	Eastern DMR	1,217	635.0	180	14.8
	Western DMR	2,882	956.9	385	13.4

Group 13 Public Order and Other Social Code Offences		Recorded	Per 100,000 population	Detected	Detection rate (%)

State		32,612	707.5	30,258	92.8

Northern Region		3,578	686.7	3,313	92.6
	Cavan/Monaghan	980	729.5	949	96.8
	Donegal	1,174	725.1	1,086	92.5
	Sligo/Leitrim	650	660.8	591	90.9
	Louth	774	612.2	687	88.8

Western Region		3,953	669.6	3,720	94.1
	Clare	799	728.0	764	95.6
	Mayo	775	587.8	713	92.0
	Galway	1,910	757.7	1,824	95.5
	Roscommon/Longford	469	485.3	419	89.3

Southern Region		7,720	886.0	7,404	95.9
	Cork City	2,637	1,147.0	2,534	96.1
	Cork North	940	602.6	914	97.2
	Cork West	712	503.9	689	96.8
	Kerry	1,522	1,070.2	1,489	97.8
	Limerick	1,909	945.2	1,778	93.1

Eastern Region		3,718	479.5	3,368	90.6
	Laois/Offaly	744	487.9	692	93.0
	Meath	672	369.1	599	89.1
	Wicklow	931	675.6	826	88.7
	Westmeath	643	698.2	607	94.4
	Kildare	728	345.1	644	88.5

South Eastern Region		4,096	715.3	3,785	92.4
	Tipperary	1,006	632.5	944	93.8
	Wexford	613	419.1	504	82.2
	Kilkenny/Carlow	1,490	1,004.6	1,414	94.9
	Waterford	987	829.3	923	93.5

Dublin Metropolitan Region		9,547	746.5	8,668	90.8
	South Central DMR	2,956	2,367.4	2,753	93.1
	North Central DMR	1,803	2,070.2	1,703	94.5
	Northern DMR	1,265	380.2	1,083	85.6
	Southern DMR	1,184	490.7	1,065	89.9
	Eastern DMR	813	424.2	683	84.0
	Western DMR	1,526	506.6	1,381	90.5

Group 14 Road and Traffic Offences (NEC)		Recorded	Per 100,000 population	Detected	Detection rate (%)

State		149,247	3,237.7	148,072	99.2

Northern Region		10,643	2,042.6	10,540	99.0
	Cavan/Monaghan	3,112	2,316.5	3,093	99.4
	Donegal	3,272	2,020.8	3,221	98.4
	Sligo/Leitrim	1,751	1,780.2	1,737	99.2
	Louth	2,508	1,983.7	2,489	99.2

Western Region		20,492	3,471.4	20,367	99.4
	Clare	6,540	5,959.0	6,498	99.4
	Mayo	1,984	1,504.7	1,973	99.4
	Galway	8,882	3,523.5	8,833	99.4
	Roscommon/Longford	3,086	3,193.5	3,063	99.3

Southern Region		36,711	4,213.0	36,301	98.9
	Cork City	11,578	5,035.9	11,495	99.3
	Cork North	6,742	4,322.2	6,668	98.9
	Cork West	4,248	3,006.5	4,181	98.4
	Kerry	3,565	2,506.7	3,537	99.2
	Limerick	10,578	5,237.4	10,420	98.5

Eastern Region		18,385	2,371.1	18,264	99.3
	Laois/Offaly	3,774	2,475.1	3,752	99.4
	Meath	2,504	1,375.4	2,469	98.6
	Wicklow	3,867	2,806.3	3,844	99.4
	Westmeath	3,422	3,715.5	3,411	99.7
	Kildare	4,818	2,283.9	4,788	99.4

South Eastern Region		15,983	2,791.0	15,806	98.9
	Tipperary	3,056	1,921.3	3,018	98.8
	Wexford	3,115	2,129.8	3,033	97.4
	Kilkenny/Carlow	5,459	3,680.5	5,433	99.5
	Waterford	4,353	3,657.4	4,322	99.3

Dublin Metropolitan Region		47,033	3,677.8	46,794	99.5
	South Central DMR	8,775	7,027.7	8,741	99.6
	North Central DMR	6,792	7,798.7	6,759	99.5
	Northern DMR	8,921	2,681.0	8,857	99.3
	Southern DMR	5,892	2,442.1	5,860	99.5
	Eastern DMR	5,909	3,083.2	5,894	99.7
	Western DMR	10,744	3,567.1	10,683	99.4

Group 15 Offences against Government, Justice Procedures and Organisation of Crime		Recorded	Per 100,000 population	Detected	Detection rate (%)

State		9,773	212.0	9,659	98.8

Northern Region		546	104.8	540	98.9
	Cavan/Monaghan	138	102.7	137	99.3
	Donegal	117	72.3	115	98.3
	Sligo/Leitrim	128	130.1	128	100.0
	Louth	163	128.9	160	98.2

Western Region		680	115.2	667	98.1
	Clare	205	186.8	200	97.6
	Mayo	64	48.5	60	93.8
	Galway	298	118.2	297	99.7
	Roscommon/Longford	113	116.9	110	97.3

Southern Region		1,879	215.6	1,851	98.5
	Cork City	469	204.0	460	98.1
	Cork North	127	81.4	126	99.2
	Cork West	109	77.1	109	100.0
	Kerry	191	134.3	188	98.4
	Limerick	983	486.7	968	98.5

Eastern Region		1,005	129.6	978	97.3
	Laois/Offaly	180	118.1	176	97.8
	Meath	186	102.2	181	97.3
	Wicklow	248	180.0	235	94.8
	Westmeath	177	192.2	175	98.9
	Kildare	214	101.4	211	98.6

South Eastern Region		629	109.8	623	99.0
	Tipperary	139	87.4	137	98.6
	Wexford	181	123.8	181	100.0
	Kilkenny/Carlow	164	110.6	162	98.8
	Waterford	145	121.8	143	98.6

Dublin Metropolitan Region		5,034	393.6	5,000	99.3
	South Central DMR	159	127.3	157	98.7
	North Central DMR	3,231	3,709.9	3,227	99.9
	Northern DMR	341	102.5	329	96.5
	Southern DMR	367	152.1	359	97.8
	Eastern DMR	275	143.5	274	99.6
	Western DMR	661	219.5	654	98.9

Group 16 Offences Not Elsewhere Classified		Recorded	Per 100,000 population	Detected	Detection rate (%)

State		2,641	57.3	1,127	42.7

Northern Region		305	58.5	108	35.4
	Cavan/Monaghan	72	53.6	28	38.9
	Donegal	101	62.4	41	40.6
	Sligo/Leitrim	89	90.5	24	27.0
	Louth	43	34.0	15	34.9

Western Region		532	90.1	185	34.8
	Clare	75	68.3	46	61.3
	Mayo	112	84.9	41	36.6
	Galway	252	100.0	68	27.0
	Roscommon/Longford	93	96.2	30	32.3

Southern Region		626	71.8	248	39.6
	Cork City	124	53.9	67	54.0
	Cork North	85	54.5	45	52.9
	Cork West	95	67.2	55	57.9
	Kerry	49	34.5	27	55.1
	Limerick	273	135.2	54	19.8

Eastern Region		402	51.8	163	40.5
	Laois/Offaly	80	52.5	24	30.0
	Meath	58	31.9	21	36.2
	Wicklow	151	109.6	83	55.0
	Westmeath	33	35.8	11	33.3
	Kildare	80	37.9	24	30.0

South Eastern Region		383	66.9	163	42.6
	Tipperary	99	62.2	36	36.4
	Wexford	127	86.8	53	41.7
	Kilkenny/Carlow	82	55.3	39	47.6
	Waterford	75	63.0	35	46.7

Dublin Metropolitan Region		393	30.7	260	66.2
	South Central DMR	46	36.8	35	76.1
	North Central DMR	62	71.2	56	90.3
	Northern DMR	137	41.2	88	64.2
	Southern DMR	57	23.6	32	56.1
	Eastern DMR	21	11.0	7	33.3
	Western DMR	70	23.2	42	60.0

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Background Notes

Garda Recorded Crime Statistics 2010-2014 is the ninth annual CSO statistical report on crime in Ireland.

The release is based on administrative data recorded on An Garda Siochana’s PULSE (Police Using Leading Systems Effectively) and FCPS (Fixed Charge Penalty System) systems as extracted in summer 2016, and relates to crime and fixed charge notice offences reported to An Garda Siochana between 01 Jan 2010 and 31 Dec 2014.

The release contains detail on the volume of crime incidents in each group of the Irish Crime Classification System (ICCS). The report contains detail on the number of recorded crime incidents which are recorded as having been detected, those with relevant criminal proceedings and court outcomes, and statistics on the ages and genders of individuals who have been convicted for crimes reported in 2014.

The current release focuses on crime incidents reported only up until the end of 2014 to allow a reasonable period for investigations to reach conclusion as well as for criminal proceedings to be initiated and reach conclusion. All such statistics are provisional and will change as more incidents and court proceedings reach conclusion.

Regular up-to-date statistics on recorded crime offences only is provided in the CSO’s quarterly Recorded Crime release.

Information in this release refers only to crime incidents known to An Garda Síochána and recorded as such. Not all crimes are reported to An Garda Síochána. The CSO provides additional information on estimating non-recorded crime through its Crime and Victimisation surveys.

Technical notes

Recorded Offences

Offences reported or which become known to members of An Garda Síochána are recorded when, on the balance of probability, a Garda determines that a criminal offence defined by law has taken place, and there is no credible evidence to the contrary.

If it is subsequently determined that a criminal offence did not take place, the criminal offence recorded is invalidated and is not counted in the statistics. If a person makes a report and subsequently withdraws it by stating that the criminal act did not take place, then this too is invalidated unless there is evidence to suggest that, by reasonable probability, the offence has taken place.

For criminal offences where victim confirmation is required (e.g. assault, fraud), a criminal offence is recorded only where the victim confirms the offence or where there is evidence to suggest that by reasonable probability it occurred.

Another important feature of a recorded offence is that it is based on the date reported to, or that it became known to, the Gardaí. This has major implications for some offence types. Notable amongst these are sexual offences, as it has often been the case that such offences have been reported to An Garda Síochána many years (sometimes decades) after the event(s). Thus a sexual assault, which occurred in 1960, would be included in the statistics for 2006 if it was first reported in that year.

Detected Offences

Detailed guidelines exist within An Garda Síochána to determine whether a crime incident may be flagged as ‘detected’.

The main criteria for classifying an offence as ‘detected’ is when criminal proceedings have been commenced for at least one person for the offence.

However, there are a number of scenarios where an offence will be considered detected even though criminal proceedings may not be initiated. For these reasons, the number of detected offences exceeds the number of offences with relevant convictions for some offence groups.

For example:

- Approval may have been granted for a child to be dealt by An Garda Síochána under the Juvenile Diversion Programme, as provided for in the Children’s Act 2001, rather than face formal court proceedings.

- An offender may have died before proceedings could be initiated.

- An essential witness may be permanently unable or unwilling to co-operate with court proceedings.

Relevant Proceedings

The decision to initiate criminal proceedings on the basis of a recorded offence is the most notionally straightforward conclusion to the life-cycle of an offence. However, the relationship between recorded offences and court outcomes is not straightforward. Sometimes the charged offence may never have been recorded as an offence on the PULSE system. It can (and does) happen that, at the time of a decision whether to charge, the evidence is such that a different offence is charged to the one originally recorded. Sometimes the offence charged is more serious than the original recorded offence and sometimes it is less serious. Therefore the relationship between the recorded offence and the subsequent proceeding is affected, and this proceeding may not be relevant to the original offence. The concept of ‘relevant proceedings’ has been introduced to link the specific primary offence to a relevant court outcome. Decisions have been taken by the CSO as to which proceedings are relevant to the original ‘counting’ offence. See http://www.cso.ie/en/surveysandmethodology/crime/ for a sample table of ICCS crime types and relevant proceedings types.

Convictions

There can be a significant passage of time between a crime incident and any subsequent court outcome. The length of this passage of time is highly dependent on the offence type in question. More serious offences can take longer to investigate and prosecute, whereas many minor offences can be dealt with summarily by the courts. Therefore, it is not surprising that, for some ICCS groups in particular, data on court outcomes is subject to revision each year. For this reason, each table with convictions data includes the number of cases which are pending including those with appeals allowed, to give a more complete picture of the progression of 2014 offences through the system. This data should be considered a snapshot of the court proceedings at a point in time (i.e. mid 2016) rather than a final picture of all proceedings brought in relation to crime incidents reported in 2014. When a conviction is returned for a particular offence this typically means that an offender has been convicted of that particular offence and some subsequent order has been made. However, convictions (for the purposes of this report) also include cases where the case against an offender is deemed proven but the judge makes an order without a formal conviction, and cases where the Probation of Offenders Act is applied.

Persons with Relevant Convictions

The fourth table provides a profile by age and sex of persons with relevant convictions. It is important to note that there is not a one-to-one relationship between the number of offences with relevant proceedings and convictions (Table 3), and the number of persons convicted (Table 4). For example, it is possible that two people could be convicted of a homicide offence. Table 3 would show a single homicide offence, recorded and detected, with one relevant proceeding and conviction. However, Table 4 would then provide the age and sex of the two convicted offenders. Consequently the total number of convictions would be slightly different to the total number of persons convicted.

Rates per population

The fifth table contains a breakdown of crime types by Garda administrative area. In addition to containing the absolute numbers of offences recorded and detected, this table presents the rate for each recorded offence type per 100,000 of population, for each region and Division. This is simply achieved by dividing the number of offences recorded by the estimated population for the area, and multiplying by 100,000. This provides a common basis for comparing the prevalence of offences across administrative areas of different population size.

Additional technical notes

Classification of Offences

A criminal offence is classified at the time it is entered on the PULSE system. In the vast majority of cases, this happens very soon after the crime incident becomes known to a member of An Garda Síochána. Following investigation some offences are reclassified from one type of crime to another. A crime incident can also be marked as invalid (but not deleted) if it transpires that a criminal offence did not occur. Conversely, an incident, not initially thought to be criminal in nature, can subsequently be reclassified as a criminal incident on foot of further information.

Court outcomes - Homicide

In general, offences are not reclassified on PULSE on foot of a court outcome. An exception to this rule involves offences classified under Homicide Offences (ICCS 01). It can often be the case that a charge of murder is brought and a verdict of manslaughter is returned. In such a case, the original offence is reclassified to reflect the court outcome (It is for this reason that Murder/Manslaughter offences should be treated together in any trend analysis).

Assaults – resulting in death

An assault is generally recorded as such close to the time of the assault incident. However, if the victim subsequently dies as a consequence, and after the assault has been recorded, this will always result in reclassification to a Homicide Offence on PULSE.

Recording Offences - Counting Rules

Crime counting rules are a complex area and have been the subject of debate over the years. However, from an information/statistical perspective, crime counting rules should be applied in accordance with established criteria.

To fully appreciate the complexity involved, it is useful to consider a criminal event which consists of more than one offence. For instance, a burglary and an assault offence can occur within one event. Furthermore, there could be offences of trespass, criminal damage and arson also occurring as part of the same event. For this event, the homicide would be recorded, as well as some other offences. It would be unreasonable to suppose that all offences should be recorded (especially if there was more than one victim, see below), as some would be considered to be trivial in the context of the homicide. So in this case, for practical purposes and on reasonable grounds, not all offences would be recorded. The question then is what is recorded and how does this give comparable data?

There are a number of key counting rules that are applied to the recording of offences. They are the Primary Offence and the One Offence Counts per Victim rules.

Primary Offence Rule

This particular counting rule dictates that when an incident results in a number of offences, only the most serious offence is counted for statistical purposes.

This is achieved by flagging, within PULSE, one offence which should “count” for that event. This practice promotes consistency. Counting only the primary incident is thus a good way of ensuring that there is consistent treatment of criminal events and consistency is paramount when it comes to comparison of data across geographic boundaries or over time. Without the primary offence rule, there would be no basis to compare these data over any boundaries be they geographic or time-based.

The offence with the severest potential penalty is generally flagged as the primary offence. However, offences against the person take precedence over offences against property when the offences have similar penalties.

One Offence Counts per Victim

A. In general, one offence is counted per victim for any crime incident (i.e. criminal event). So, irrespective of the number of offenders it is the number of victims of an incident that dictate how many offences will be recorded.

For example, a sexual event with one offender and two victims counts as two offences. Conversely, an event with two offenders and one victim counts as one offence (or crime incident) in the recorded crime statistics. In this latter case it is useful to remember that this one crime incident is the one that counts, regardless of how many offenders are prosecuted or subsequently convicted.

There are two exceptions to the one offence counts per victim rule.

Financial losses sustained by institutions due to fraud

A first exception to the rule is a series of incidents involving credit/debit card/cheque card fraud. The critical issue in determining the number of offences recorded is who bears the financial loss of the incidents. If the financial loss is ultimately sustained by an institution (for instance a bank), a single offence is recorded because it is akin to a series of incidents against one victim (see note on repeat incidents below). However, if the financial loss is incurred by a number of individuals then normal rules apply and one offence does count per victim.

Burglary

The second exception is that of burglary, where there may be more than one victim (in the normal sense of the word). This occurs when, for instance, items belonging to more than one person are taken. Counting one offence per individual (person) victim would affect comparability. This is because the number of burglaries recorded would become a function of the number of people living in burgled households. This is an interesting quantity from a victimisation perspective, but not from a crime counting perspective. Therefore, the one offence per victim rule is not applied in the case of burglary, and a single offence is generally recorded. It is useful to think of the burglary as being a crime against a household for statistical reasons.

B. An extension of the One Offence Counts per Victim rule applies for repeat incidents involving the same victim and the same offender.

Again, it is useful to look at sexual offences to illustrate this point. It may be the case that there are numerous crime incidents perpetrated by the same offender against the same victim stretching back for many years (and often reported many years after the last incident). It would be unreasonable to expect the same level of detail to be recorded about every individual offence that occurred throughout the series. Moreover, some victims may not, for a variety of reasons, be in a position to remember all of the incidents involved in the series. Therefore, applying the rule of one incident counts per victim for a series like this promotes consistency in approach for comparative purposes. That is not to say that more information cannot be provided on the numbers of such incidents. It can. It is simply a case of interpretation being subject to some extra caveats for this type of incident series, it is open to debate whether the clustered nature of the offences (in time and/or place) renders them outside the scope of normal statistical comparison).

Data from the Fixed Charge Penalty System (FCPS) is a large component of Dangerous or Negligent Operation of a Vehicle (ICCS 041) and Road and Traffic Offences (ICCS 14). There are no counting rules applied to these offences.

Issues around ‘Detection’ Status

Detailed guidelines exist within An Garda Síochána regarding whether a crime incident may be flagged as “detected”. Within the PULSE system, however, the flagging of an incident is largely independent of any other data in the system there is no action that is automatically triggered because of the entry made for detection status. It is therefore possible that an offence, which has in fact been detected, may, through omission, not be flagged as detected within the system.

However, the situation is less clear with regard to incidents which consist of more than one criminal offence and are recorded as such. This can also be the case when different events are grouped together on the system as an “investigation case”. In these situations, it is not always clear from the raw data which offences are to be considered as detected and which are not. Therefore, this complication arises because of the sophistication of PULSE as used as an operational policing tool which is its main purpose.

As stated above, information on offences detected is presented on an “as-was” basis according to their status as at mid-2016. However, the information is subject to an additional caveat it may not always be the case that it is the primary offence within an incident (the one that “counts”) that has in fact been detected. This feature of the data is known to An Garda Síochana and is receiving attention.

It may be intuitive to think of an offence occurring and being subsequently reported to the Gardaí in turn this leads to the recording of the offence which triggers an investigation. The offence will, at any future point, be regarded as either detected or not detected. However, the recording sequence for some incident types does not follow this path. For these incident types, the recording of an offence actually follows the “detection” of the offence. This is true for, inter alia, some drug offences and for offences of speeding and drink-driving. The recording of these offence types is generally a function of police activities and prioritisation of those activities.

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