Crime and Victimisation 2025

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (14 September 2026) published the results of the Crime & Victimisation Survey which was carried out in 2025.

This is a household survey about crime in Ireland. Respondents aged 18 years or over were asked to consider the 12 months prior to the interview and rate how crime had impacted their lives and how effectively it was dealt with by the justice system in Ireland. Respondents were also asked about their own personal experiences and that of their household of certain crimes. In addition, they were asked whether they had reported the crime to An Garda Síochána (AGS), the reasons for not reporting the crime, whether they felt the crime had been motivated by discrimination, and other contextual details relating to the crime.

Commenting on the release, Jim Dalton, Statistician in the Crime & Criminal Justice Section, said: “Crime & Victimisation 2025 published today showed that the prevalence of Personal, Household, Vehicle, and Farm crime has increased since 2019 and this is reflected in the increased worry that respondents to the survey indicated about being victims of crime. The survey results also show that respondents were less inclined to report crime in 2025 than in 2019 with the minor nature of the crime and the inability or reluctance of AGS to take action cited as the main reasons for not reporting. The release includes a selection of statistics with additional data available on the CSO’s open data portal, PxStat.

Personal Crime

Personal crime includes Violent Theft, Non-Violent Theft, Fraud, and those can result in physical harm or injury.

In 2025, almost one-fifth (19%) of people aged 18 years or over said they had been a victim of some form of personal crime in the 12 months preceding the interview. This represents a near doubling of the rate of 10% from 2019. Looking at each form of personal crime, we found that:

• In 2025, 11% of people surveyed reported being a victim of Fraud compared with 4% in 2019. It should be noted that the nature and volume of this type of crime has changed significantly since 2019. The most frequently reported type of Fraud crime in 2025 was Card Payment Fraud, affecting 45% of Fraud victims. This was followed by Phone Fraud and Online Shopping / Auction Fraud, reported by 26% of Fraud victims. Account Takeover Fraud occurred less frequently, affecting 8% of victims as did Computer Fraud at 7%.
• In 2025, 8% of respondents reported being victims of Non-Violent Theft, up from 4% in 2019. The prevalence of Non-Violent Theft was highest in the Dublin region where 11% of people were victims of this crime in the previous 12 months.
• In 2025, 3% of people surveyed reported being victims of Violent Theft compared with 2% in 2019. The share among males was 4% while it was 2% among females. Most victims (77%) reported as having sustained no physical or emotional injury because of the incident.
• In 2025, 4% of people surveyed indicated they had been a victim of Physical Assault over the past year, compared with 2% in 2019. Almost six in ten (58%) victims indicated they did not sustain any injuries from this crime, 24% had to visit a doctor or GP, while 8% reported minor cuts / bruises that did not require medical attention.

Household Crime

• In 2025, 5% of households reported being victim of either Burglary or Vandalism, up from 4% in 2019.
• Specifically, 4% of households said they had been a victim of Burglary or Attempted Burglary, rising from 3% in 2019.

Farm Crime

• Of the farming households surveyed, 26% said a crime or crimes had been committed against the farm. 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 (e.g., tools and feedstuffs) (5%), and Damage to Property (4%).

Vehicle and Bicycle Crime

• One in every 25 (4%) of vehicle owners / users said there had been a theft or attempted theft of their vehicle, up from 3% in 2019. The prevalence of Vehicle crime was highest in the Dublin region (10%), compared with rates of no more than 2% for the Border (Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Monaghan, Sligo), Midlands (Laois, Longford, Offaly, Westmeath), and West (Galway City and County, Mayo, Roscommon) regions.
• One in every 20 (5%) of bicycle owners (including e-bikes) said there had been a theft or attempted theft of their bicycle in 2025 and this was unchanged from 2019. Bicycle Theft was also more prevalent in Dublin (12% of bicycle users) compared with 6% for the Mid-West (Clare, Limerick, Tipperary) region and 5% for the Mid-East (Kildare, Louth, Meath, Wicklow) region.

Concerns about Crime

The results show that people aged 18 years or over were increasingly worried about being victims of selected crime types in 2025 compared with 2019. This is evident in the higher percentage of people who reported worrying all the time or often about being a victim alongside a decline in the share of people who indicated that they did not worry at all.

• In 2025, 23% of people surveyed worried all the time or often about the possibility of being a victim of crime that could result in physical injury or harm compared with 15% in 2019. The share of people who did not worry at all fell from 51% in 2019 to 32% in 2025.
• Across all crime types, females expressed greater concern than males about the possibility of being victims of crime. For example, in 2025, 29% of females reported being worried all the time or often about the possibility of becoming a victim of crime that could result in physical injury or harm compared with 17% of males. For crimes leading to a loss of or damage to property, 36% of females worried all the time or often about becoming a victim compared with 29% of males.

Feeling Safe and Impact of Crime on Quality of Life

• More than half (52%) of people surveyed reported feeling very safe while walking in their local area, whether alone or accompanied, while an additional 33% felt fairly safe. The perception of safety differed between males and females. A higher proportion of males (61%) felt very safe compared with 44% of females.
• More people in 2025 indicated that crime and anti-social behaviour in their local area had an effect on their quality of life than in 2019. In terms of crime, it was 38% in 2025 compared with 33% in 2019, and 41% for anti-social behaviour in 2025 compared with 29% in 2019.

Confidence in An Garda Síochána and the Wider Justice System

• At local level in 2025, 57% of respondents viewed AGS as very effective or quite effective at tackling crime, a decline from 68% in 2019. More than four in ten (42%) viewed AGS as not very effective or not effective at all, up from 31% in 2019.
• At national level, 49% felt that AGS were very effective or quite effective in 2025 compared with 64% in 2019. Just over half (51%) of respondents viewed AGS as not very effective or not effective at all compared with 35% in 2019.
• In 2025, 43% of people surveyed felt very confident or quite confident that the wider justice system was bringing people who commit crime to justice in Ireland. This represented a fall from 46% in 2019. At the same time, the percentage of people who were not very confident rose from 37% to 43%, while those not confident at all decreased from 18% to 15%.

The Reporting of Crime

• In 2025, 30% of personal crime victims reported the incident to AGS, down from 39% in 2019. Reporting rates in 2025 varied across the different personal crime types ranging from 54% for Violent Theft to 17% for Fraud.
• Just over half (52%) of households that experienced Burglary or Attempted Burglary in 2025 reported the matter to AGS, a decrease from 68% in 2019.
• In 2025, 45% of vehicle owners / users reported some or all incidents of Vehicle or Bicycle crime to AGS compared with 59% in 2019.
• Of the 26% of farm households who were victims of crime in the previous 12 months, one-third (33%) reported the crime incident to AGS."