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.
This section provides a breakdown of victims of Attempts/Threats to Murder, Assaults, Harassments & Related offences (‘Assault & Related offences’) by age when the incident took place. Table 5.1 compares data for Quarter 1 (Q1) 2025 with Q1 2026. Please note that the number of victims here are slightly different to the number of incidents in Table 2.2 as there can be incidents where no injured party is recorded.
The number of female victims of Assault & Related offences increased by 8% to 2,460 victims in Q1 2026 from Q1 2025. There were increases in the number of victims across all age groups over the period: female victims who were under 18 years of age at the time of the incident (+19%), those aged 45-49 (+12%), and victims aged 60 years and over (+10%). The number of victims in the 18-29 and 30-44 age groups rose by 4% and 6% respectively.
The number of male victims rose by 1% to 3,334 victims over the period: male victims who were under 18 years of age when the incident took place (+ 2%), those aged 18-29 years (+4%), and victims aged 45-59 years (+3%). In the other age groups, the number of victims aged 30-44 years fell by 2% while those victims who were at least 60 years of age were down by 4%.
The overall number of people recorded as victims of this offence type increased by 4% to 5,794 in Q1 2026 compared with Q1 2025. The highest rates of increase were among victims who were under 18 years of age when the incident took place (+8%) and those aged 45-59 years (+7%) (See Figure 5.1, Table 5.1, and PxStat Table CJQ09).
However, Table 5.2 and Figure 5.2 below show that the age breakdown of male and female victims has remained relatively stable in Q1 of each year since 2023.
| All Males | Males aged under 18 | Males aged 18-29 | Males aged 30-44 | Males aged 45-59 | Males aged years 60 and over | All Females | Females aged under 18 | Females aged 18-29 | Females aged 30-44 | Females aged 45-59 | Females aged 60 years and over | |
| ICCSq Offence Group 03 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 | -4 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 10 |
| Under 18 | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-59 | 60 years and over | |
| Males Q1 2023 | 16 | 27 | 32 | 19 | 6 |
| Females Q1 2023 | 13 | 29 | 36 | 17 | 6 |
| Males Q1 2024 | 14 | 27 | 33 | 20 | 7 |
| Females Q1 2024 | 11 | 28 | 38 | 18 | 6 |
| Males Q1 2025 | 14 | 27 | 34 | 19 | 6 |
| Females Q1 2025 | 10 | 28 | 39 | 18 | 5 |
| Males Q1 2026 | 14 | 28 | 33 | 19 | 6 |
| Females Q1 2026 | 11 | 27 | 38 | 18 | 5 |
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