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Measuring Ireland's Progress 2015

Society - Crime

1.15 Ireland: Recorded crimes by type of offence, 2010, 2014 and 2015
 
Irish Crime Classification System (ICCS) Offence group201020142015
Homicide offences898063
Sexual offences2,3662,0532,348
Attempts/threats to murder, assaults, harassment and related offences17,70315,16416,976
Dangerous or negligent acts12,0937,2987,224
Kidnapping and related offences134124152
Robbery, extortion and hijacking offences3,1962,6472,577
Burglary and related offences25,42027,63526,261
Theft and related offences76,82677,69775,864
Fraud, deception and related offences4,9885,1785,579
Controlled drug offences20,00415,91515,090
Weapons and explosives offences4,0992,4792,377
Damage to property and to the environment39,36927,39426,049
Public order and other social code offences54,94132,63933,276
Road and traffic offences (NEC)1258,776149,247:
Offences against government, justice procedures and organisation of crime11,3969,76511,438
Offences not elsewhere classified13,3422,641:
Source: CSO Crime Statistics
1 Data for 2015 not yet available.
  • The number of weapons and explosives offences fell by 42% between 2010 and 2015, falling from 4,099 recorded offences in 2010 to 2,377 in 2015.
  • Dangerous or negligent acts decreased by 40%, from 12,093 in 2010 to 7,224 in 2015. These offences are mainly concerned with drink driving.
  • Public order and other social code offences fell by 39%, from 54,941 in 2010 to 33,276 in 2015. Most of the offences in this grouping are ones of disorderly conduct.
  • Between 2010 and 2015 the number of kidnapping and related offences rose from 134 to 152, an increase of 13%.
1.16 Ireland: Detection rates for recorded crimes, 2010 and 2014
%
Irish Crime Classification System (ICCS) Offence group20102014
Homicide offences8379
Sexual offences6547
Attempts/threats to murder, assaults, harassment and related offences6158
Dangerous or negligent acts1100100
Kidnapping and related offences6047
Robbery, extortion and hijacking offences5340
Burglary and related offences2518
Theft and related offences3833
Fraud, deception and related offences5438
Controlled drug offences9999
Weapons and explosives offences8991
Damage to property and to the environment2322
Public order and other social code offences9493
Road and traffic offences (NEC)19999
Offences against government, justice procedures and organisation of crime9999
Offences not elsewhere classified16043
Source: CSO Crime Statistics
  • Certain crimes, by their nature, are detected more frequently than others, such as dangerous or negligent acts (whih are mainly speeding offences), road and traffic offences and controlled drug offences.
  • Crimes with low detection rates of around 20% include burglary and related offences and damage to property and to the environment.

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