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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 by Financial Institutions under Section 19 of the Criminal Justice Act, 2011 on the PULSE system.
The CSO is advised by An Garda Síochána 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 An Garda Síochána 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 incidents of Fraud, Deception & Related offences based on those directly reported to An Garda Síochána by members of the public and recorded on the Garda PULSE system. Therefore, users should continue to exercise caution in the interpretation of published statistics on recorded crime incidents of this offence type as they are below the overall reported level and should be considered incomplete.
The number of recorded crime incidents for most offence groups fell in the year to Quarter 2 (Q2) 2025 compared with the same period in 2024. The most notable decreases were for crime incidents of Homicide & Related offences (-42%), Kidnapping & Related offences (-16%), and Robbery, Extortion & Hijacking offences (-14%).
In contrast, there were increases in the number of crime incidents of Sexual offences (+17%), Public Order & Other Social Code offences (+6%), Attempts/Threats to Murder, Assaults, Harassments & Related offences (+4%), and Weapons & Explosive offences (+4%).
Recorded crime incidents fell across all Garda regions for three of the 14 offence groups in the year to Q2 2025. These were Robbery, Extortion & Hijacking offences, Kidnapping & Related offences, and Damage to Property & to the Environment offences.
The number of victims of crime incidents of Attempts/Threats to Murder, Assaults, Harassments & Related offences remain virtually unchanged at 6,101 in Q2 2025 compared with Q2 2024. The number of male victims rose by 2% and the number of female victims fell by 3%. While there were changes in the number of male and female victims within the different age groups, the overall age profile of male and female victims has remained relatively stable for the Q2 period since 2022.
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 by Financial Institutions under Section 19 of the Criminal Justice Act, 2011 on the PULSE system.
The CSO is advised by An Garda Síochána 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 An Garda Síochána 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 incidents of Fraud, Deception & Related offences based on those directly reported to An Garda Síochána by members of the public and recorded on the Garda PULSE system. Therefore, users should continue to exercise caution in the interpretation of published statistics on recorded crime incidents of this offence type as they are below the overall reported level and should be considered incomplete.
The CSO published its fifth CSO Review of the Quality of Recorded Crime Statistics in October 2023. As part of this review the CSO has lifted the ‘Under Reservation’ designation from all Recorded Crime data disseminated after Quarter 1 (Q1) 2023.
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Statistician's Comment
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (24 September 2025) published Recorded Crime Quarter 2 (Q2) 2025.
Commenting on the release, Jim Dalton, Statistician in the Crime & Criminal Justice Section, said: “Recorded Crime statistics published today for April, May, and June (Q2) 2025 showed that recorded crime incidents fell for most offence groups in the year to Q2 2025 compared with the same period in 2024.
Users should note that the Recorded Crime release refers to the number of recorded crime incidents rather than offences.
An offence is a breach of a law or rule, an illegal act.
A crime incident can be described as an event where one or more offences are committed by the same offender, or group of offenders acting in concert, at the same time and place.
Example:
A singular crime incident takes place and is classified as relating to Public Order. The Gardaí establish that one person is responsible for this crime and that person is charged with three separate offences relating to this crime incident, namely,
Crime Trends in the Year to Q2 2025
The number of recorded crime incidents fell in 10 of the 14 offence groups in the year to Q2 2025.
The largest percentage decreases were for Homicide & Related offences (-42%), Kidnapping & Related offences (-16%), and Robbery, Extortion & Hijacking offences (-14%). The fall in crime incidents of Homicide & Related offences was due mainly to a fall in the number of crime incidents of Dangerous Driving Leading to Death. However, Dangerous Driving Leading to Death crime incidents can be revised over time.
Other notable decreases were for crime incidents of Burglary & Related offences (-7%), Fraud, Deception & Related offences (-6%), and Offences against Government, Justice Procedures & Organisation of Crime (-6%).
Crime incidents of Fraud, Deception & Related offences are in respect of those reported directly to An Garda Síochána by members of the Public and does not include those reported by Financial Institutions as required under Section 19 of the Criminal Justice Act, 2011.
In contrast, there were increases in the number of crime incidents of Sexual offences (+17%), Public Order & Other Social Code offences (+6%), Attempts/Threats to Murder, Assaults, Harassments & Related offences (+4%), and Weapons & Explosive offences (+4%).
Analysis of Changing Crime Trends Since 2022
Over the 4-year period (2022-2025), the largest percentage changes in the number of recorded crime incidents have been for Theft & Related offences.
In the year to Q2 2025, there were 74,292 recorded crime incidents of Theft & Related offences and this showed an increase of 30% or 17,278 incidents from the same period in 2022. In the intervening period, the number of recorded crime incidents increased to 71,104 in the year to Q2 2023 but has been relatively stable after that with the 75,980 incidents in the year to Q2 2024 being slightly more than for the same period in 2025.
Among the other offence groups, there were also notable percentage changes in recorded crime incidents and these included:
Crime Trends Among Garda regions in the Year to Q2 2025
Recorded crime incidents fell across all Garda regions for three of the 14 offence groups in the year to Q2 2025. These were:
The number of recorded crime incidents of Sexual offences rose across all regions with the highest rates of increase being in the DMR and Southern region.
For all other offence groups, the experience across Garda regions was mixed.
Victims of Assault & Related Offences
The overall number of people recorded as victims of Attempts/Threats to Murder, Assaults, Harassments & Related offences remained virtually unchanged at 6,101 in Q2 2025 compared with Q2 2024. The number of male victims rose by 2% to 3,638 and the number of female victims fell by 3% to 2,463 (See Figure 5.1 and Table 5.1).
Looking at the age profile of male victims when the incident occurred, those victims aged 18-29 years showed the largest percentage change over the year, increasing by 11%. Among the other male victim age groups, the change ranged from -2% to +2%. For female victims, the largest percentage change (+11%) was for those aged 60 years or more when the incident occurred. The number of female victims aged 45-59 years fell by 7% and those aged 18-29 years fell by 6%. Female victims under 18 years of age fell by 3%.
However, the age breakdown of male and female victims has remained relatively stable in Quarter 2 of each year since 2022.”