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 crime 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 of Homicide & Related offences fell by 25% to 67 in the 12 months to Quarter 3 (Q3) 2025. Recorded crime incidents of Robbery, Extortion & Hijacking offences fell by 13% to 2,152, while those of Burglary & Related offences fell by 12% to 8,765 crime incidents.
Recorded crime incidents for most other offence groups fell over the period with the more notable rates of decrease for Kidnapping & Related offences (-24%), Damage to Property & to the Environment offences (-7%), and Fraud, Deception & Related offences (-6%).
The number of recorded crime incidents of Sexual offences in the year to Q3 2025 remained virtually unchanged at 3,617 while there were increases in incidents of Attempts/Threats to Murder, Assaults, Harassments & Related offences (+3%), Public Order & Other Social Code offences (+2%), and Weapons & Explosives offences (+1%).
Recorded crime incidents fell across all Garda regions for 6 of the 16 offence groups in the year to Q3 2025. The more notable decreases were for Burglary & Related offences, Robbery, Extortion & Hijacking offences, Theft & Related offences, and Damage to Property & to the Environment.
The number of victims of crime incidents of Attempts/Threats to Murder, Assaults, Harassments & Related offences increased by 1% to 6,343 in Q3 2025 compared with Q3 2024. The number of male victims rose by 4% to 3,870 while the number of female victims fell by 4% to 2,473.
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Statistician's Comment
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (22 December 2025) published Recorded Crime Quarter 3 (Q3) 2025.
Commenting on the release, Jim Dalton, Statistician in the Crime & Criminal Justice Section, said: “Recorded Crime statistics published today for July, August, and September (Q3) 2025 showed that recorded crime incidents of Homicide & Related offences fell by 25% to 67 incidents in the 12 months to Q3 2025.
While the number of crime incidents fell for a number of other offence groups, those of Sexual offences remained virtually unchanged and there were increases in incidents of Attempts/Threats to Murder, Assaults, Harassments & Related offences, Public Order & Other Social Code offences, and Weapons & Explosives offences.
As part of today’s release, the CSO has extended the Recorded Crime series to include crime incidents for the following three significant offence groups, Road & Traffic offences (14), Speeding and Dangerous/Careless Driving/Motorway offences (the latter two forming part of offence group 04 Dangerous or Negligent Acts) (See Background Notes for further information).
Crime Trends in the Year to Q3 2025
The number of recorded crime incidents of Homicide & Related offences fell by 22 or 25% to 67 in the 12 months to Q3 2025. Recorded crime incidents of Robbery, Extortion & Hijacking offences fell by 13% to 2,152 while those of Burglary & Related offences fell by 12% to 8,765 crime incidents.
Recorded crime incidents for most other offence groups fell with the largest rate of decrease of 24% for Kidnapping & Related offences. Other notable decreases in the number of recorded crime incidents were for Damage to Property & to the Environment offences (-7%), Fraud, Deception & Related offences (-6%), and Offences against Government, Justice Procedures & Organisation of Crime (-5%). It should be noted that crime incidents of Fraud, Deception & Related offences relate only to those reported directly to An Garda Síochána by members of the public and do not include those reported by Financial Institutions as required under Section 19 of the Criminal Justice Act, 2011.
The number of recorded crime incidents of Sexual offences remained virtually unchanged at 3,617 in the year to Q3 2025 compared to a year earlier. There were increases in incidents of Attempts/Threats to Murder, Assaults, Harassments & Related offences (+3%), Public Order & Other Social Code offences (+2%), and Weapons & Explosives offences (+1%).
Crime Trends Among Garda Regions in the Year to Q3 2025
The number of recorded crime incidents fell across all Garda Regions for 6 of the 16 offence groups in the year to Q3 2025. The most significant of these were as follows:
For most other offence groups, the experience across Garda regions was mixed.
Victims of Assault & Related Offences
Assault & Related offences refer to the offence group Attempts/Threats to Murder, Assaults, Harassments & Related offences.
The overall number of people recorded as victims of this offence type increased by 1% to 6,343 in Q3 2025 compared with Q3 2024. The number of male victims rose by 4% to 3,870 while the number of female victims fell by 4% to 2,473.
Looking at the age of victims when the incident occurred, those aged 45-59 years was up by 8% over the year and those aged 30-44 years rose by 3%. The number of victims in the other age groups fell, with the largest decreases among those aged 60 years or more (-6%) and those aged 18-29 years (-5%).
The trend among male victims reflected the overall trend even if the percentage changes were different in magnitude. Male victims aged 45-59 increased by 12% and those aged 30-44 years rose by 8%. However, there were decreases in the number of victims in the 18-29 years and 60 years or over categories.
Among female victims, the number of victims fell in all but the 45-59 age group which rose by 2%. Among the other age groups, the number of victims aged 60 years or more was down 11% and there was a 10% decrease in victims under 18 years of age.
However, the age breakdown of all victims of this offence type has remained relatively stable in Q3 of each year since 2022.
Analysis of Changing Crime Trends Since 2022
Over the four-year period (2022-2025), there were significant changes in the number of crime incidents for a number of offence groups and these included the following: