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Following the publication of the fifth Review of the Quality of Crime Statistics in October 2023, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) has lifted the 'Under Reservation' categorisation around Recorded Crime Statistics. This is possible because An Garda Síochána have introduced a range of quality measures over the last number of years which have resulted in sustained improvement in the quality of the underlying crime data. These changes give a level of assurance to users that they can rely on Recorded Crime Statistics.
For further information see our Lifting of Under Reservation categorisation for Recorded Crime Statistics FAQ page.
This section provides a demographic breakdown of victims of Attempts/Threats to Murder, Assaults, Harassments & Related offences. Please note that the number of victims here are slightly different to the number of incidents in table 2.2 above as there can be incidents where no injured party is recorded.
The overall number of persons recorded as victims of Attempts/Threats to Murder, Assaults, Harassments & Related offences fell by 6% to 5,728 in Q3 2023 from the same period in 2022. The number of male victims fell by 5% to 3,330 while the number of female victims fell by 8% to 2,398. See Figure 5.1 and Table 5.1.
Over the period, the number of male victims of assault fell across all age groups. The highest rates of decrease were among those who were aged 45-59 years (-9%) and under 18 years (-8%) when the incident took place.
The number of female victims of assault fell across all age groups, except those aged 45-59 years. The highest rates of decrease were for those aged 18-29 (-17%) and those aged 60 years or over (-12%) at the time of the incident. The number of victims in the 45-59 year age group increased by 5% over the period.
| 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 | -5 | -8 | -4 | -1 | -9 | -7 | -8 | -6 | -17 | -6 | 5 | -12 |
| Table 5.1 Recorded crime victims1,2 of Attempts/Threats to Murder, Assaults, Harassments & Related offences (ICSSq Offence Group 03) by age and sex of victim, Q3 2022 and Q3 2023 | ||||
| Quarterly3 recorded crime victims of ICSSq Offence Group 03 | ||||
| Sex/Age of Victim | Q3 2022 | Q3 2023 | Change | % Change |
| Victims of ICSSq Offence Group 03 | 6,091 | 5,728 | -363 | -6 |
| Males | 3,492 | 3,330 | -162 | -5 |
| of which: | ||||
| Under 18 | 535 | 490 | -45 | -8 |
| 18-29 | 908 | 875 | -33 | -4 |
| 30-44 | 1,124 | 1,116 | -8 | -1 |
| 45-59 | 674 | 615 | -59 | -9 |
| 60 years and over | 251 | 234 | -17 | -7 |
| Females | 2,599 | 2,398 | -201 | -8 |
| of which: | ||||
| Under 18 | 277 | 261 | -16 | -6 |
| 18-29 | 761 | 629 | -132 | -17 |
| 30-44 | 1,004 | 946 | -58 | -6 |
| 45-59 | 416 | 438 | 22 | 5 |
| 60 years and over | 141 | 124 | -17 | -12 |
| 1 Based on data extracted 1 December 2023. | ||||
| 2 Data may be subject to revision. | ||||
| 3 This table presents figures for a given quarter and year on year changes for that quarter. | ||||
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