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 22 or 25% to 67 in the year 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 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 in the year to Q3 2025 remained virtually unchanged at 3,617 from a year earlier 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%) (See Figure 2.1, Table 2.1, and PxStat Tables CJQ01 & CJQ07).
| X-axis label | Homicide & Related offences (01) | Attempts/Threats to Murder, Assaults, Harassments & Related offences (03) | Dangerous or Negligent Acts (04) | Kidnapping & Related offences (05) | Robbery, Extortion & Hijacking offences (06) | Burglary & Related offences (07) | Theft & Related offences (08) | Fraud, Deception & Related offences (09) | Controlled Drug offences (10) | Weapons & Explosives offences (11) | Damage to Property & to the Environment offences (12) | Public Order & Other Social Code offences (13) | Road & Traffic offences (14) | Offences against Government, Justice Procedures & Organisation of Crime (15) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICCSq Offence Group | -25 | 3 | -4 | -24 | -13 | -12 | -4 | -6 | -3 | 1 | -7 | 2 | -4 | -5 |
Table 2.2 compares the number of crime incidents by offence category between Q3 2024 and Q3 2025. The number of recorded crime incidents fell for 13 out of the 16 offence groups between Q3 2024 and Q3 2025.
The largest percentage decreases over this period took place for:
In contrast, the number of crime incidents of Homicide & Related offences remained unchanged at 17 incidents while those for Attempts/Threats to Murder, Assaults, Harassments & Related offences increased by 1% to 6,615 incidents (See Figure 2.2, Tables 2.1 & 2.2, and PxStat Tables CJQ01 & CJQ07).
| X-axis label | Sexual offences (02) | Attempts/Threats to Murder, Assaults, Harassments & Related offences (03) | Dangerous or Negligent Acts (04) | Kidnapping & Related offences (05) | Robbery, Extortion & Hijacking offences (06) | Burglary & Related offences (07) | Theft & Related offences (08) | Fraud, Deception & Related offences (09) | Controlled Drug offences (10) | Damage to Property & to the Environment offences (12) | Public Order & Other Social Code offences (13) | Road & Traffic offences (14) | Offences against Government, Justice Procedures & Organisation of Crime (15) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICCSq Offence Group | -25 | 1 | -13 | -19 | -7 | -16 | -3 | -1 | -5 | -9 | -3 | -8 | -9 |
Table 2.3 provides a breakdown by offence type of the total number of recorded crime incidents for the year to Quarter 3 for the years 2022 to 2025. A comparison is also made between data for the year to Q3 2022 and year to Q3 2025.
Over the 4-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:
| X-axis label | 2022 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Dangerous or Negligent Acts (04) | 36784 | 30941 |
| Robbery, Extortion & Hijaking offences (06) | 1993 | 2152 |
| Burglary & Related offences (07) | 9925 | 8765 |
| Theft & Related offences (08) | 62387 | 73352 |
| Controlled Drug offences (10) | 17453 | 15769 |
| Weapons & Explosives offences (11) | 2612 | 3020 |
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