The CSO in December 2024 and March 2025 provided updates to users on the impact on Fraud crime statistics of the backlog in the recording of potential fraud related crime incidents reported to An Garda Síochána (AGS) by Financial Institutions under Section 19 of the Criminal Justice Act, 2011 on the PULSE system.
The CSO is advised by AGS that it continues to work on the backlog of Section 19 referrals from Financial Institutions and is making progress on this issue. In addition, work is ongoing by AGS to extend an existing reporting portal to handle Section 19 referrals. This system will improve the consistency and efficiency of the reporting process for Financial Institutions.
In view of this ongoing work, the CSO will continue to publish statistics on recorded crime incidents of Fraud, Deception & Related offences based only on those directly reported to AGS by members of the public and recorded on the Garda PULSE system. The CSO will continue to exclude incidents of Fraud that have arisen from Section 19 referrals until this data can be coherently included in official crime statistics.
Therefore, users should continue to exercise caution in the interpretation of published statistics on recorded crime incidents of this offence type.
The number of recorded crime incidents fell for 6 of 15 offence groups (excluding group 16 - Offences not elsewhere classified) in the 12 months to Q1 2026 compared with Q1 2025.
The largest rates of decrease were for Homicide & Related offences (-27%), Sexual offences (-15%), Burglary & Related offences (-9%), and Robbery, Extortion & Hijacking offences (-7%). The rate of decrease in the number of crime incidents from 2025 among all other offence groups that declined (excluding group 16, Offences not other elsewhere classified) was 4% while there was no change in those of Offences against Government, Justice Procedures & Organisation of Crime.
For those offence groups where the number of crime incidents rose, the largest rates of increase were for those of Dangerous or Negligent Acts (+6%) and Weapons & Explosives offences (+6%). The rate of increase was between 1% and 4% for the remainder.
It should be noted that crime incidents of Fraud, Deception & Related offences continue to relate only to those reported directly to AGS by members of the public and do not include those reported by financial institutions as required under Section 19 of the Criminal Justice Act, 2011 (See Figure 2.1, Table 2.1, and PxStat Tables CJQ01 & CJQ07).
| X-axis label | Homicide & Related offences (01) | Attempts/Threats to Murder, Assaults, Harassments & Related offences (03) | Dangerous or Negligent Acts (04) | Kidnapping & Related offences (05) | Robbery, Extortion & Hijacking offences (06) | Burglary & Related offences (07) | Theft & Related offences (08) | Fraud, Deception & Related offences (09) | Controlled Drug offences (10) | Weapons & Explosives offences (11) | Damage to Property & to the Environment offences (12) | Public Order & Other Social Code offences (13) | Road & Traffic offences (14) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICCSq Offence Group | -27 | 3 | 6 | 3 | -7 | -9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 4 | -4 |
Table 2.2 compares the number of recorded crime incidents by offence group between Q1 2025 and Q1 2026. The number of crime incidents increased for 11 out of 15 offence groups (excluding group 16, Offences not elsewhere classified) between Q1 2025 and Q1 2026 including:
Among the offence groups where the number of crime incidents decreased, the largest rates of decrease were for Homicide & Related offences (-50%) and Sexual offences (-19%). (See Figure 2.2, Tables 2.1 & 2.2, and PxStat Tables CJQ01 & CJQ07).
| X-axis label | Homicide & Related offences (01) | Sexual offences (02) | Attempts/Threats to Murder, Assaults, Harassments & Related offences (03) | Dangerous or Negligent Acts (04) | Kidnapping & Related offences (05) | Robbery, Extortion & Hijacking offences (06) | Burglary & Related offences (07) | Theft & Related offences (08) | Fraud, Deception & Related offences (09) | Controlled Drug offences (10) | Damage to Property & to the Environment offences (12) | Public Order & Other Social Code offences (13) | Road & Traffic offences (14) | Offences against Government, Justice Procedures & Organisation of Crime (15) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICCSq Offence Group | -50 | -19 | 6 | 5 | 65 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 7 | -6 | -7 |
Table 2.3 provides a breakdown by offence type of the total number of recorded crime incidents for the year to Q1 for the years 2023 to 2026. A comparison is also made between data for the years 2023 and 2026.
The number of recorded crime incidents fell for 8 of the 15 offence groups over the four year period between the year to Q1 2023 and the year to Q1 2026. The change for Fraud, Deception & Related offences is not available.
Between the year to Q1 2023 and the year to Q1 2026, the most significant decreases were:
However, crime incidents of Weapons & Explosives rose by 22% to 3,142 incidents over the period as did those of Theft & Related offences which were up by 8% to 74,641 crime incidents (See Figure 2.3, Table 2.3, and PxStat Tables CJQ01 & CJQ07).
| X-axis label | Homicide & Related offences (01) | Sexual offences (02) | Burglary & Related offences (07) | Theft & Related offences (08) | Weapons & Explosives offences (11) | Damage to Property & to the Environment offences (12) | Offences against Government, Justice Procedures & Organisation of Crime (15) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICCSq Offence Group | -31 | -12 | -8 | 8 | 22 | -7 | -8 |
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