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Recorded Crime Q4 2025

Detailed Offence Group

Detailed Offence Groups

Homicide, Robbery, and Burglary related crime incidents fall while those of Weapons & Explosives rise in the year to December 2025

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CSO statistical release, 26 March 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 2024 and 2025.

There were 66 recorded incidents of Homicide & Related offences in 2025, and this was down by 22 incidents or 25% from the same period in 2024. Decreases in incidents of Dangerous Driving Leading to Death (-22 incidents or -46%) accounted for most of the change over the year.

Recorded crime incidents of Robbery, Extortion & Hijacking offences fell by 266 incidents or 11% over the year and this was driven mainly by a fall in incidents of Robbery from the Person (-210 incidents or -19%) and Robbery of an Establishment or Institution (-95 incidents or -22%).

The fall of 1,279 recorded crime incidents or 13% over the year in the number of recorded incidents of Burglary & Related offences was driven by a fall of 1,179 incidents or 13% in the number of incidents of burglary without aggravation.

Crime incidents of Damage to Property & to the Environment offences fell by 8% over the year and this was accounted for by a fall in the number of incidents of criminal damage where arson was not involved.

Among the offence groups, where the number of crime incidents increased over the period were Attempts or Threats to Murder, Assaults, Harassments & Related offences (+2%), Weapons & Explosives offences (+6%), and Public Order & Other Social Code offences (+2%).

Table 4.1 Recorded crime incidents classified by offence group, annualised totals, Q4 2024 and Q4 2025

Table 4.1 Recorded crime incidents^1,2classified by offence group, annualised³ totals, Q4 2024 and Q4 2025
	Annualised total to Q4
ICCSq Offence Group	2024	2025	Change	% Change
Homicide & Related offences (01)	88	66	-22	-25
Murder (0111)	35	35	0	0
Manslaughter (0112)	5	5	0	0
Infanticide (0113)	0	0	0	0
Dangerous Driving Leading to Death (012)	48	26	-22	-46

Sexual offences (02)	3,800	3,449	-351	-9
Rape of a Male or Female (0211)	985	1,016	31	3
Defilement of a Boy or Girl Less Than 17 Years Old (0212)	65	46	-19	-29
Sexual offence Involving Mentally Impaired Person (0213)⁴	..	..	..	..
Aggravated Sexual Assault (0214)	7	3	-4	-57
Sexual Assault (not aggravated) (0215)	2,293	1,936	-357	-16
Other Sexual offences (022)	450	448	-2	0

Attempts or Threats to Murder, Assaults, Harassments & Related offences (03)	24,705	25,133	428	2
Murder-attempt (0311)	13	18	5	38
Threat to Kill or Cause Serious Harm (0313)	2,133	2,126	-7	0
Harassment & Related offences (033)	2,130	2,200	70	3
Assault Causing Harm, Poisoning (034)	5,934	6,025	91	2
Other Assault (035)	14,495	14,764	269	2

Dangerous or Negligent Acts (04)	31,825	31,638	-187	-1
Dangerous Driving Causing Serious Bodily Harm (0411)	59	29	-30	-51
Driving/In Charge of a Vehicle while Intoxicated – Alcohol and/or Drugs (0412_13)	6,628	6,670	42	1
Driving/In Charge of a Vehicle While Over Legal Alcohol Limit (0412)⁵	5,002	..	..	..
Driving/In Charge of a Vehicle Under the Influence of Drugs (0413)⁵	1,626	..	..	..
Dangerous/Careless Driving/Motorway offences (0414)	5,586	6,174	588	11
Speeding (0415)	18,792	18,014	-778	-4
Endangerment with Potential for Serious Harm/Death (0421)	278	260	-18	-6
Abandoning a Child, Child Neglect and Cruelty (0422)	250	214	-36	-14
Unseaworthy/Dangerous Use of Boat or Ship (0423)	2	1	-1	-50
False Alarm/Interference with Aircraft or Air Transport Facilities (0424)	8	12	4	50
Endangering Traffic offences (0425)	222	264	42	19

Kidnapping & Related offences (05)	179	142	-37	-21
False Imprisonment (0511)	129	100	-29	-22
Abduction of Person Under 16 Years of Age (0512)	36	28	-8	-22
Human Trafficking offences (0513)	14	14	0	0

Robbery, Extortion & Hijacking offences (06)	2,370	2,104	-266	-11
Robbery of an Establishment or Institution (0611)	427	332	-95	-22
Robbery of Cash or Goods in Transit (0612)	4	9	5	125
Robbery from the Person (0613)	1,100	890	-210	-19
Blackmail or Extortion (0621)	682	682	0	0
Carjacking, Hijacking/Unlawful Seizure of an Aircraft/Vessel (0631)	157	191	34	22

Burglary & Related offences (07)	9,748	8,469	-1,279	-13
Aggravated Burglary (0711)	290	249	-41	-14
Burglary (not aggravated) (0712)	9,170	7,991	-1,179	-13
Possession of an Article (with intent to burgle, steal, demand) (0713)	288	229	-59	-20

Theft & Related offences (08)	75,889	73,335	-2,554	-3
Theft/Taking of Vehicle & Related offences (081)	7,895	7,260	-635	-8
Theft from Person (0821)	3,833	3,030	-803	-21
Theft from Shop (0822)	33,299	34,184	885	3
Other Thefts, Handling Stolen Property (084)	30,862	28,861	-2,001	-6

Fraud, Deception & Related offences(09)⁶	11,456	11,133	-323	-3

Controlled Drug offences (10)	16,107	16,208	101	1
Importation of Drugs (1011)	83	57	-26	-31
Cultivation or Manufacture of Drugs (1012)	84	75	-9	-11
Possession of Drugs for Sale or Supply (1021)	4,534	5,118	584	13
Possession of Drugs for Personal Use (1022)	10,712	10,255	-457	-4
Other Drug offences (103)	694	703	9	1

Weapons & Explosives offences (11)	2,938	3,125	187	6
Explosives, Chemical Weapons offences (111)	100	88	-12	-12
Discharging a Firearm (1121)	105	98	-7	-7
Possession of a Firearm (1122)	185	176	-9	-5
Offensive Weapons offences (n.e.c) (113)	2,364	2,515	151	6
Fireworks offences (114)	184	248	64	35

Damage to Property & to the Environment offences (12)	22,096	20,301	-1,795	-8
Arson (1211)	1,753	1,787	34	2
Criminal Damage (not arson) (1212)	20,236	18,427	-1,809	-9
Litter offences (1221)	107	87	-20	-19

Public Order & Other Social Code offences (13)	30450	31142	692	2
Disorderly Conduct (131)	26515	27172	657	2
Trespass offences (132)	2613	2804	191	7
Liquor Licensing offences (133)	166	181	15	9
Prostitution offences (134)	37	32	-5	-14
Regulated Betting/Money, Collection/Trading offences (135)	111	39	-72	-65
Other Social Code offences (n.e.c) (136)	1008	914	-94	-9

Road & Traffic offences (14)	47,674	45,209	-2,465	-5
Driving Licence - Failure to have, produce, etc. (1411)	3286	3,466	180	5
Insurance - Failure to have, produce, display, etc. (1412)	9230	9,749	519	6
Vehicle Tax/Registration Offences (142)	8,026	6,709	-1,317	-16
Roadworthiness/Regulatory Offences (143)	701	746	45	6
Obstruction under Road Traffic Acts (1432)	59	65	6	10
Other road offences (1433)	25,435	23,539	-1,896	-7
Road Transport - Carriage of goods offences (1441)	152	175	23	15
Public Service Vehicle offences (1442)	780	752	-28	-4
Light rail offences (Luas) (1443)	5	8	3	60

Offences against Government, Justice Procedures & Organisation of Crime (15)	15,585	15,260	-325	-2
Offences Against Government & its Agents (n.e.c) (151)	187	171	-16	-9
Organisation of Crime & Conspiracy to Commit Crime (152)	36	38	2	6
Perverting the Course of Justice (153)	35	36	1	3
Offences While in Custody, Breach of Court Orders (157)	15327	15015	-312	-2

Offences not elsewhere classified (16)	2167	2017	-150	-7
¹ Based on data extracted 01 March 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.
⁵Due to a change how An Garda Síochána record crime incidents of ‘0412 Driving/In Charge of a Vehicle While Over Legal Alcohol Limit' and ‘0413 Driving/In Charge of a Vehicle Under the Influence of Drugs' from Q1 2025 onwards, it is not currently possible to publish them separately. As a result, these two categories are published under the combined category of ‘0412_13 Driving/In Charge of a Vehicle while Intoxicated – Alcohol and/or Drugs'.
⁶‘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.