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Detailed Offence Group

Detailed Offence Groups

Recorded crime incidents of Speeding rose by 16% in the year to Q2 2026

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CSO statistical release, 01 October 2026, 11am

Fraud Crime Statistics

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.

Table 4.1 provides further breakdown by offence group of the total number of recorded crime incidents for the years to Quarter 2 (Q2) 2025 and Q2 2026.

There were 21,595 recorded crime incidents of Speeding in the year to Q2 2026 which was an increase of 16% or 3,040 incidents from the same period in 2025. These include crime incidents resulting from when persons detected of Speeding do not comply with the original Fixed Charge Notice issued for this offence. The increase in incidents of Speeding accounted for most of the increase (+11%) in crime incidents of Dangerous or Negligent Acts over the period.

Across other offence groups, the following are of note when comparing the year to Q2 2026 with the year to Q2 2025:

Most of the fall of 578 (-6%) in the number of incidents of Burglary & Related offences was accounted for by a fall of 538 incidents of burglary without aggravation.
The number of crime incidents of Theft from Shop increased by 1,962 or 6% to 35,534 incidents and those involving Theft from Person fell by 9% to 3,028 incidents.
Crime incidents of possession of drugs either for sale or supply (+19%) or for personal use (+5%) accounted for most of the increase of 8% or 1,328 incidents in those of Controlled Drugs offences (See Table 4.1, and PxStat Tables CJQ01 & CJQ07).

Table 4.1 Recorded crime incidents classified by offence group, annualised totals, Q2 2025 and Q2 2026

Table 4.1 Recorded crime incidents^1,2classified by offence group, annualised³ totals, Q2 2025 and Q2 2026
	Annualised total to Q2
ICCSq Offence Group	2025	2026	Change	% Change
Homicide & Related offences (01)	74	67	-7	-9
Murder (0111)	34	37	3	9
Manslaughter (0112)	4	4	0	0
Infanticide (0113)	0	0	0	0
Dangerous Driving Leading to Death (012)	36	26	-10	-28

Sexual offences (02)	3,951	3,189	-762	-19
Rape of a Male or Female (0211)	1,023	965	-58	-6
Defilement of a Boy or Girl Less Than 17 Years Old (0212)	55	40	-15	-27
Sexual offence Involving Mentally Impaired Person (0213)⁴	..	..	..	..
Aggravated Sexual Assault (0214)	5	5	0	0
Sexual Assault (not aggravated) (0215)	2,389	1,798	-591	-25
Other Sexual offences (022)	479	381	-98	-20

Attempts / Threats to Murder, Assaults, Harassments & Related offences (03)	25,119	26,017	898	4
Murder-attempt (0311)	19	9	-10	-53
Threat to Kill or Cause Serious Harm (0313)	2,174	2,150	-24	-1
Harassment & Related offences (033)	2,228	2,457	229	10
Assault Causing Harm, Poisoning (034)	6,095	6,250	155	3
Other Assault (035)	14,603	15,151	548	4

Dangerous or Negligent Acts (04)	32,127	35,804	3,677	11
Dangerous Driving Causing Serious Bodily Harm (0411)	53	31	-22	-42
Driving / In Charge of a Vehicle while Intoxicated – Alcohol and / or Drugs (0412_13)	6,566	6,922	356	5
Dangerous / Careless Driving / Motorway offences (0414)	6,186	6,512	326	5
Speeding (0415)	18,555	21,595	3,040	16
Endangerment with Potential for Serious Harm / Death (0421)	287	243	-44	-15
Abandoning a Child, Child Neglect and Cruelty (0422)	217	213	-4	-2
Unseaworthy / Dangerous Use of Boat or Ship (0423)	2	2	0	0
False Alarm / Interference with Aircraft or Air Transport Facilities (0424)	6	36	30	500
Endangering Traffic offences (0425)	255	250	-5	-2

Kidnapping & Related offences (05)	152	155	3	2
False Imprisonment (0511)	99	107	8	8
Abduction of Person Under 16 Years of Age (0512)	36	25	-11	-31
Human Trafficking offences (0513)	17	23	6	35

Robbery, Extortion & Hijacking offences (06)	2,204	2,299	95	4
Robbery of an Establishment or Institution (0611)	378	326	-52	-14
Robbery of Cash or Goods in Transit (0612)	7	4	-3	-43
Robbery from the Person (0613)	974	905	-69	-7
Blackmail or Extortion (0621)	677	816	139	21
Carjacking, Hijacking / Unlawful Seizure of an Aircraft / Vessel (0631)	168	248	80	48

Burglary & Related offences (07)	9,165	8,587	-578	-6
Aggravated Burglary (0711)	257	245	-12	-5
Burglary (not aggravated) (0712)	8,649	8,111	-538	-6
Possession of an Article (with intent to burgle, steal, demand) (0713)	259	231	-28	-11

Theft & Related offences (08)	73,907	75,052	1,145	2
Theft / Taking of Vehicle & Related offences (081)	7,347	7,335	-12	0
Theft from Person (0821)	3,329	3,028	-301	-9
Theft from Shop (0822)	33,572	35,534	1,962	6
Other Thefts, Handling Stolen Property (084)	29,659	29,155	-504	-2

Fraud, Deception & Related offences(09)⁵	11,192	12,251	1,059	9

Controlled Drug offences (10)	16,002	17,330	1,328	8
Importation of Drugs (1011)	78	47	-31	-40
Cultivation or Manufacture of Drugs (1012)	82	64	-18	-22
Possession of Drugs for Sale or Supply (1021)	4,781	5,689	908	19
Possession of Drugs for Personal Use (1022)	10,303	10,792	489	5
Other Drug offences (103)	758	738	-20	-3

Weapons & Explosives offences (11)	3,029	3,205	176	6
Explosives, Chemical Weapons offences (111)	117	81	-36	-31
Discharging a Firearm (1121)	114	108	-6	-5
Possession of a Firearm (1122)	170	195	25	15
Offensive Weapons offences (n.e.c) (113)	2,431	2,562	131	5
Fireworks offences (114)	197	259	62	31

Damage to Property & to the Environment offences (12)	21,143	20,898	-245	-1
Arson (1211)	1,912	1,749	-163	-9
Criminal Damage (not arson) (1212)	19,145	19,039	-106	-1
Litter offences (1221)	86	110	24	28

Public Order & Other Social Code offences (13)	31072	32028	956	3
Disorderly Conduct (131)	27160	27864	704	3
Trespass offences (132)	2673	3005	332	12
Liquor Licensing offences (133)	170	172	2	1
Prostitution offences (134)	23	32	9	39
Regulated Betting / Money, Collection / Trading offences (135)	76	30	-46	-61
Other Social Code offences (n.e.c) (136)	970	925	-45	-5

Road & Traffic offences (14)	46,066	46,436	370	1
Driving Licence - Failure to have, produce, etc. (1411)	3426	3,776	350	10
Insurance - Failure to have, produce, display, etc. (1412)	9389	9,845	456	5
Vehicle Tax / Registration Offences (142)	7,179	6,664	-515	-7
Roadworthiness / Regulatory Offences (143)	620	1,073	453	73
Obstruction under Road Traffic Acts (1432)	69	56	-13	-19
Other road offences (1433)	24,431	24,069	-362	-1
Road Transport - Carriage of goods offences (1441)	159	166	7	4
Public Service Vehicle offences (1442)	783	779	-4	-1
Light rail offences (Luas) (1443)	10	8	-2	-20

Offences against Government, Justice Procedures & Organisation of Crime (15)	15,769	15,924	155	1
Offences Against Government & its Agents (n.e.c) (151)	184	196	12	7
Organisation of Crime & Conspiracy to Commit Crime (152)	39	46	7	18
Perverting the Course of Justice (153)	37	34	-3	-8
Offences While in Custody, Breach of Court Orders (157)	15509	15648	139	1

Offences not elsewhere classified (16)	2090	1978	-112	-5
¹ Based on data extracted 01 September 2026.
² Data may be subject to revision.
³The annualised figure for a given quarter is the total number of crimes recorded in the 12 months prior to end of that quarter.
⁴ 'Sexual offence Involving Mentally Impaired Person 0213' - due to low numbers, the number of incidents in this category are included in 'Other Sexual offences 022' from Q2 2023 and so year to year volumes and changes are not comparable to previous periods from this date.
⁵‘Fraud, Deception & Related offences 09’ reflects only those incidents reported directly to the Gardaí by members of the public. This is due to the effect of the backlog in processing suspected fraud crime incidents reported to the Gardaí by Financial Institutions under Section 19 of the Criminal Justice Act, 2011. Please see information note at the beginning of this chapter.