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 number of recorded crime incidents fell across most offence groups in 2025 compared with 2024.
The most significant decreases were recorded in Homicide & Related offences (-25%), Kidnapping & Related offences (-21%), Burglary & Related offences (-13%), and Robbery, Extortion & Hijacking offences (-11%). The rates of decrease from 2024 among all other offence groups were in the single digit range with the largest rate of decrease at 9% for crime incidents of Sexual offences.
The number of crime incidents however increased for some offence groups with the largest rate of increase in Weapons & Explosives offences (+6%).
It should be noted that crime incidents of Fraud, Deception & Related offences continue to 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 (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 | 2 | -1 | -21 | -11 | -13 | -3 | -3 | 1 | 6 | -8 | 2 | -5 | -2 |
Table 2.2 compares the number of crime incidents by offence category between Q4 2024 and Q4 2025. The number of recorded crime incidents fell for 11 out of the 16 offence groups between Q4 2024 and Q4 2025.
The largest percentage decreases over this period took place for:
Among those offence groups where the number of crime incidents increased, the largest rates of increase were for Controlled Drug offences (+13%) and Weapons & Explosives offences (+13%) (See Figure 2.2, Tables 2.1 & 2.2, and PxStat Tables CJQ01 & CJQ07).
| X-axis label | Homicide & Related offences (01) | 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) | 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 | -35 | -22 | -1 | -8 | -5 | -10 | -12 | 1 | 13 | -6 | 4 | -8 | -6 |
Table 2.3 provides a breakdown by offence type of the total number of recorded crime incidents for the full years 2022 to 2025. A comparison is also made between data for the years 2022 and 2025.
Over the 4-year period (2022-2025), the number of recorded crime incidents for 10 out of 15 offence groups was down (the change for Fraud, Deception & Related offences is not available). Among the more significant decreases were:
However, crime incidents of Weapons & Explosives offences rose by 19% to 3,125 from 2022 to 2025 as did those of Theft & Related offences which were up by 11% to 73,335 crime incidents (See Figure 2.3, Table 2.3, and PxStat Tables CJQ01 & CJQ07).
| X-axis label | 2022 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Sexual offences (02) | 3819 | 3449 |
| Dangerous or Negligent Acts (04) | 36004 | 31638 |
| Burglary & Related offences (07) | 9461 | 8469 |
| Theft & Related offences (08) | 65917 | 73335 |
| Weapons & Explosives offences (11) | 2626 | 3125 |
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