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Recorded Crime Q2 2026

Regional Analysis

Recorded crime trends vary across Garda regions in the year to Q2 2026 compared with the year to Q2 2025

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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.

The volume of recorded crime varied across Garda regions in the year to Quarter 2 (Q2) 2026 when compared with the same period in 2025.
The number of recorded crime incidents fell across all Garda regions for just one offence group (Sexual offences) in the year to Q2 2026. The rate of decrease was 14% for the Dublin Metropolitan region while it ranged between 21% and 23% for the other regions.
For 3 of the 15 offence groups (excluding group 16 – Offences not otherwise stated), the number of recorded crime incidents across all regions in the year to Q2 2026 was equal to or exceeded the levels for the same period in 2025. The three offence groups were Theft & Related offences, Fraud, Deception & Related offences, and Public Order & Other Social Code offences (See Figure 3.1, Table 3.1, and PxStat Tables CJQ05 & CJQ07).

	Sexual offences (02)	Theft & Related offences (08)	Fraud, Deception & Related offences (09)	Public Order & Other Social Code offences (13)
Dublin Metropolitan	-14	0	4	2
North Western	-21	3	10	0
Eastern	-22	1	10	4
Southern	-23	5	18	7

Table 3.1 Recorded crime incidents classified by offence group and Garda region, annualised totals, Q2 2025 and Q2 2026

Table 3.1 Recorded crime incidents^1,2classified by offence group and Garda region, annualised³ totals, Q2 2025 and Q2 2026
	Garda region
ICCSq Offence Group	Dublin Metropolitan	North Western	Eastern	Southern	State
Annualised total to Q2 2025
Homicide & Related offences (01)	22	14	24	14	74
Sexual offences (02)	1,280	840	935	896	3,951
Attempts / Threats to Murder, Assaults, Harassments & Related offences (03)	8,828	5,177	5,750	5,364	25,119
Dangerous or Negligent Acts (04)	6,224	8,067	8,980	8,856	32,127
Kidnapping & Related offences (05)	67	31	25	29	152
Robbery, Extortion & Hijacking offences (06)	1,296	244	334	330	2,204
Burglary & Related offences (07)	3,901	1,403	2,381	1,480	9,165
Theft & Related offences (08)	38,042	7,957	14,564	13,344	73,907
Fraud, Deception & Related offences (09)⁴	4,253	2,025	2,537	2,377	11,192
Controlled Drug offences (10)	6,678	2,283	3,977	3,064	16,002
Weapons & Explosives offences (11)	1,395	478	533	623	3,029
Damage to Property & to the Environment offences (12)	8,776	3,682	4,454	4,231	21,143
Public Order & Other Social Code offences (13)	12,455	5,871	6,050	6,696	31,072
Road & Traffic offences (14)	18,124	8,574	10,044	9,324	46,066
Offences against Government, Justice Procedures & Organisation of Crime (15)	9,635	1,618	2,182	2,334	15,769
Offences not elsewhere classified (16)	690	418	447	535	2,090

Annualised total to Q2 2026
Homicide & Related offences (01)	19	13	20	15	67
Sexual offences (02)	1,095	667	733	694	3,189
Attempts / Threats to Murder, Assaults, Harassments & Related offences (03)	9,339	4,818	6,131	5,729	26,017
Dangerous or Negligent Acts (04)	6,399	7,776	13,010	8,619	35,804
Kidnapping & Related offences (05)	66	39	32	18	155
Robbery, Extortion & Hijacking offences (06)	1,270	266	377	386	2,299
Burglary & Related offences (07)	3,602	1,151	2,220	1,614	8,587
Theft & Related offences (08)	38,084	8,173	14,774	14,021	75,052
Fraud, Deception & Related offences (09)⁴	4,442	2,236	2,780	2,793	12,251
Controlled Drug offences (10)	7,444	2,351	3,969	3,566	17,330
Weapons & Explosives offences (11)	1,483	425	638	659	3,205
Damage to Property & to the Environment offences (12)	8,823	3,450	4,610	4,015	20,898
Public Order & Other Social Code offences (13)	12,690	5,882	6,285	7,171	32,028
Road & Traffic offences (14)	18,381	8,151	10,188	9,716	46,436
Offences against Government, Justice Procedures & Organisation of Crime (15)	9,295	1,648	2,373	2,608	15,924
Offences not elsewhere classified (16)	607	376	484	511	1,978

Annualised total change to Q2 2026
Homicide & Related offences (01)	-3	-1	-4	1	-7
Sexual offences (02)	-185	-173	-202	-202	-762
Attempts / Threats to Murder, Assaults, Harassments & Related offences (03)	511	-359	381	365	898
Dangerous or Negligent Acts (04)	175	-291	4,030	-237	3,677
Kidnapping & Related offences (05)	-1	8	7	-11	3
Robbery, Extortion & Hijacking offences (06)	-26	22	43	56	95
Burglary & Related offences (07)	-299	-252	-161	134	-578
Theft & Related offences (08)	42	216	210	677	1,145
Fraud, Deception & Related offences (09)⁴	189	211	243	416	1,059
Controlled Drug offences (10)	766	68	-8	502	1,328
Weapons & Explosives offences (11)	88	-53	105	36	176
Damage to Property & to the Environment offences (12)	47	-232	156	-216	-245
Public Order & Other Social Code offences (13)	235	11	235	475	956
Road & Traffic offences (14)	257	-423	144	392	370
Offences against Government, Justice Procedures & Organisation of Crime (15)	-340	30	191	274	155
Offences not elsewhere classified (16)	-83	-42	37	-24	-112

Annualised total percentage change to Q2 2026
Homicide & Related offences (01)	-14	-7	-17	7	-9
Sexual offences (02)	-14	-21	-22	-23	-19
Attempts / Threats to Murder, Assaults, Harassments & Related offences (03)	6	-7	7	7	4
Dangerous or Negligent Acts (04)	3	-4	45	-3	11
Kidnapping & Related offences (05)	-1	26	28	-38	2
Robbery, Extortion & Hijacking offences (06)	-2	9	13	17	4
Burglary & Related offences (07)	-8	-18	-7	9	-6
Theft & Related offences (08)	0	3	1	5	2
Fraud, Deception & Related offences (09)⁴	4	10	10	18	9
Controlled Drug offences (10)	11	3	0	16	8
Weapons & Explosives offences (11)	6	-11	20	6	6
Damage to Property & to the Environment offences (12)	1	-6	4	-5	-1
Public Order & Other Social Code offences (13)	2	0	4	7	3
Road & Traffic offences (14)	1	-5	1	4	1
Offences against Government, Justice Procedures & Organisation of Crime (15)	-4	2	9	12	1
Offences not elsewhere classified (16)	-12	-10	8	-4	-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 ‘09 Fraud, Deception & Related offences’ 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.