Respondents in farming households were asked a series of additional questions relating to their experience of crimes specific to farms in the 12 months prior to interview. The farming community are also represented in the national crime levels reported elsewhere in this publication.
Of the farming households surveyed, (26%) said that a crime or crimes had been committed against the farm and this was up from 21% in 2019.
The most frequently reported types of farm crime in terms of the percentage of farm households surveyed were Trespassing of Farmland (22%), Theft of Other Farm Goods (5%), and Damage to Property (4%) (See Figure 6.1 and Table 6.1).
Of the 26% of farm households who were victims of crime in the previous 12 months, one-third (33%) reported the crime incident to An Garda Síochána (AGS). More than half (56%) of victims cited the reason of ‘Not serious enough / no loss’ as the reason for not reporting, up from 30% in 2019. A further 49% believed that AGS could do nothing or would not do anything, up from 28% in 2019. An additional 6% of victims did not wish to involve AGS at all and 22% either resolved the incident themselves or found it difficult to prove that a crime had taken place in the first place (See Tables 6.2 & 6.3).
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