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Measuring Ireland's Progress 2014

Society - Crime

1.15 Ireland: Recorded crimes by type of offence, 2009, 2013 and 2014
 
Irish Crime Classification System (ICCS) Offence group200920132014
Homicide offences888380
Sexual offences1,4802,0102,065
Attempts/threats to murder, assaults, harassment and related offences18,35314,50215,091
Dangerous or negligent acts15,5327,6607,299
Kidnapping and related offences146124125
Robbery, extortion and hijacking offences2,4912,8062,648
Burglary and related offences26,91026,21827,575
Theft and related offences77,03178,73777,730
Fraud, deception and related offences4,9474,8255,178
Controlled drug offences21,98215,37215,933
Weapons and explosives offences4,0642,7502,475
Damage to property and to the environment42,33028,91327,409
Public order and other social code offences57,35136,45332,629
Road and traffic offences (NEC)1289,975155,117:
Offences against government, justice procedures and organisation of crime11,8989,1889,556
Offences not elsewhere classified13,3752,682:
Source: CSO Crime Statistics
1 Data for 2013 and 2014 not yet available.
  • The number of dangerous or negligent acts fell by 53% from 2009 to 2014, falling from 15,532 recorded offences in 2009 to 7,299 in 2014. These offences are mainly concerned with drink driving.
  • Public order and other social code offences decreased by 43%, from 57,351 in 2009 to 32,629 by 2014. Most of the offences in this grouping are ones of disorderly conduct.
  • Weapons and explosives offences fell by 39%, down from 4,064 offences in 2009 to 2,475 in 2014.
  • Between 2009 and 2014 the number of sexual offences rose by 40%, up from 1,480 recorded offences in 2009 to 2,065 in 2014.
1.16 Ireland: Detection rates for recorded crimes, 2009 and 2013
  %
Irish Crime Classification System (ICCS) Offence group20092013
Homicide offences8184
Sexual offences5951
Attempts/threats to murder, assaults, harassment and related offences6162
Dangerous or negligent acts100100
Kidnapping and related offences4563
Robbery, extortion and hijacking offences5241
Burglary and related offences2420
Theft and related offences3733
Fraud, deception and related offences5642
Controlled drug offences9999
Weapons and explosives offences9090
Damage to property and to the environment2222
Public order and other social code offences9493
Road and traffic offences (NEC)9999
Offences against government, justice procedures and organisation of crime9899
Offences not elsewhere classified6746
Source: CSO Crime Statistics
  • The detection rate for kidnapping and related offences rose by 18 percentage points between 2009 and 2013 while the rate for homicide offences rose by 3 percentage points.
  • The detection rates for fraud, deception and related offences fell by 14 percentage points and the rate for robbery, extortion and hijacking offences fell by 11 percentage points over the same time period.
  • Certain crimes, by their nature, are detected more frequently than others, such as dangerous or negligent acts (which are mainly speeding offences), road and traffic offences and controlled drug offences.

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