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Recorded fraud and sexual offences continue to increase; burglary and criminal damage offences continue to fall
Crime incident data, from An Garda Síochána, shows a large rise in the number of recorded incidents of Fraud, deception and related offences in the year to March 2019, up by 28.5% over a 12 month period, from 5,322 to 6,841 recorded crimes. The number of recorded incidents of Controlled drug offences increased by 16.2%, from 16,564 to 19,247. The upward trend in reported Sexual offences also continued, up by 10% on the previous 12-month period, to 3,231 incidents in the year to March 2019.
The number of recorded crimes of Burglary and related offences fell by 10.3% compared with the previous 12 months, to 16,766 incidents in the year to March 2019. The number of Damage to property and the environment offences decreased by 5.8%. Recorded homicides fell from 84 to 72.
| Table 1.1: Recorded crime incidents1 classified by offence group, annualised2 total to Q1 2018 and 2019 | ||||
| Annualised total to Q1 | ||||
| ICCSq offence group | 2018 | 2019 | Change | % Change |
| 01 Homicide offences | 84 | 72 | -12 | -14.3 |
| 02 Sexual offences | 2,938 | 3,231 | +293 | +10.0 |
| 03 Attempts or threats to murder, assaults, harassments and related offences | 19,250 | 20,526 | +1276 | +6.6 |
| 04 Dangerous or negligent acts | 8,292 | 8,840 | +548 | +6.6 |
| 05 Kidnapping and related offences | 125 | 136 | +11 | +8.8 |
| 06 Robbery, extortion and hijacking offences | 2,309 | 2,416 | +107 | +4.6 |
| 07 Burglary and related offences | 18,683 | 16,766 | -1917 | -10.3 |
| 08 Theft and related offences | 69,298 | 67,463 | -1835 | -2.6 |
| 09 Fraud, deception and related offences | 5,322 | 6,841 | +1519 | +28.5 |
| 10 Controlled drug offences | 16,564 | 19,247 | +2683 | +16.2 |
| 11 Weapons and explosives offences | 2,381 | 2,491 | +110 | +4.6 |
| 12 Damage to property and to the environment | 23,053 | 21,727 | -1326 | -5.8 |
| 13 Public order and other social code offences | 31,108 | 32,571 | +1463 | +4.7 |
| 15 Offences against Government, justice procedures and organisation of crime | 14,234 | 15,548 | +1314 | +9.2 |
| 1 These statistics are categorised as Under Reservation. This categorisation indicates that the quality of these statistics do not meet the standards required of official statistics published by CSO. | ||||
| 2 The annualised figure for a given quarter is the total number of crimes recorded in the 12 months prior to end of that quarter. | ||||
| X-axis label | 02 Sexual offences | 03 Attempts or threats to murder, assaults, harassments and related offences | 06 Robbery, extortion and hijacking offences | 07 Burglary and related offences | 09 Fraud, Deception and related offences | 10 Controlled drug offences | 12 Damage to property and to the environment | 15 Offences against Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % change | 10.0 | 6.6 | 4.6 | -10.3 | 28.5 | 16.2 | -5.8 | 9.2 |
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