Recorded Crime Victims 2025 and Suspected Offenders 2024

The number of recorded victims of crime incidents of Homicide & Related offences fell from 88 to 66 victims between 2024 and 2025. This was solely due to a decrease in the number of victims of crime incidents of Dangerous Driving Leading to Death. Males have been the predominant victim of this offence group, accounting for 71% of victims in 2025 and between 67% and 70% in the preceding three years. Within the overall Homicide & Related offences group, three in four (75%) victims of Murder, Manslaughter, or Infanticide were male and almost two-thirds (65%) of victims of Dangerous Driving Leading to Death were male.

By contrast, recorded victims of crime incidents of Sexual offences were largely female with 80% of victims in 2025 being female. The number of overall victims fell from 3,351 in 2024 to 2,991 in 2025.

There were 24,815 recorded victims of crime incidents of Attempts/Threats to Murder, Assaults, Harassments and Related offences in 2025, up marginally from the 24,451 in 2024. Within this category, 62% of victims of Assaults were male compared with 38% for females. Two-thirds (66%) of recorded victims of crime incidents of Harassment & Related offences were female compared with 34% for males. There was a more even distribution between male (53%) and female (47%) victims of crime incidents of Attempts/Threat to Murder offences. See Figure 2.1, Table 2.1, and PxStat Table CVA03.

Close to half of recorded victims of crime incidents of Sexual offences in 2025 were under 18 years when the incident occurred

In 2025, 46% of recorded victims of crime incidents of Sexual offences were aged under 18 years at the time of occurrence. This was less than in the preceding three years when it was between 50% and 52%. People who were aged between 18 and 29 years when the incident occurred accounted for 29% of recorded victims and 16% were aged between 30 and 44 years. The remainder (9%) were aged 45 years or over when the incident took place. See Figure 2.2, Table 2.2, and PxStat Table CVA04.

More than a quarter of recorded victims of crime incidents of Murder, Manslaughter, or Infanticide in 2025 were under 30 years of age when the incident occurred

Of the 40 recorded victims of crime incidents of Murder, Manslaughter, or Infanticide in 2025, 11 victims or 28% were under 30 years of age when the incident occurred. People aged between 30 and 44 years accounted for 28% of all victims of this offence type with a further 23% belonging to the 45 to 59 year age group. Nearly a quarter (23%) of victims were over 60 years of age at the time of the incident. See Figure 2.3, Table 2.2, and PxStat Table CVA04.

Just over one in six recorded victims of crime incidents of Harassment & Related offences in 2025 were under 18 years of age when the incident occurred

In 2025, 16% of recorded victims of crime incidents of Harassment & Related offences were under 18 years of age when the incident occurred.

Just over a quarter (26%) of victims were in the 18-29 year age group and a third (33%) were aged between 30 and 44 years. Those who were at least 45 years of age when the incident occurred accounted for 24% of victims of this offence group.

The age profile of recorded victims of incidents of Assaults and Attempts/Threat to Murder offences were broadly similar to those of Harassment & Related offences. See Figure 2.4, Table 2.2, and PxStat Table CVA04.

Nearly two-thirds of victims of crime incidents of Sexual offences in 2025 reported the incident less than a year after occurrence

There is often a separation in time between when a crime occurred and when it was subsequently reported to or became known to An Garda Síochána. This is called the crime incident reporting gap. This is observed to be a particular feature of crime incidents of Sexual offences which are often not reported by victims for a substantial period of time after the offence has taken place. A breakdown of the reporting gap for crime incidents of Sexual offences is provided in Table 2.3.

In 2025, the crime incident reporting gap was less than a year for nearly two-thirds (64%) of the 2,991 victims of crime incidents of Sexual offences. This was generally in line with the previous three years, although in 2024, the share was lower due to a higher level of reporting of crime incidents that occurred more than decade previously.

The crime incident reporting gap was more than a decade for just over a fifth (22%) of recorded victims in 2025. See Figure 2.5, Table 2.3, and PxStat Table CVA05.

Nearly all male victims of historical crime incidents of Sexual offences were under 18 years of age at the time of occurrence

Table 2.4 below shows the age profile of recorded male and female victims of crime incidents of Sexual offences according to the crime incident reporting gap.

For ease of understanding, the scenarios are referred to as ‘recent’ (i.e., crime reported less than a year after occurrence) and ‘historic’ (i.e. crime reported a year or more after occurrence) in the subsequent analysis.

The majority (94%) of the 359 recorded male victims of historic crime incidents of Sexual offences in 2025 were under 18 years of age when the incident occurred.

There was greater variation in age for female victims of historical crime incidents which totalled 720 in 2025. Just over two-thirds (67%) were under 18 years of age at the time of occurrence, 18% were between 18 and 29 years of age while 16% were aged 30 years or more.

For recent crime incidents of Sexual offences, the age profile of male and female victims was more similar where 36% of male victims were aged under 18 years of age compared with 28% for females. The share of victims aged between 18 and 29 years was quite similar for both sexes with 35% for males and 38% for females. For those victims aged 30 years or more, 28% of male victims were in that age group compared with 34% for females. See Figure 2.6, Table 2.4, and PxStat Table CVA06.

Most male victims of historic crime incidents of Sexual offences were at least 30 years of age at the time of reporting

The age profile of victims in Table 2.5 below is based on the age of the victim when the crime incident was reported and differs from Table 2.4 where the age of the victim was when the incident occurred.

The key differences between both tables for 2025, as one would expect, lie in the profile of recorded victims of historic crime incidents of Sexual offences.

Taking males first, Table 2.4 above shows that in 2025, 94% of male victims of historic crime incidents of Sexual offences were under 18 years of age at the time of the incident and 3% were at least 30 years of age. However, when the age is taken at the time of reporting, 74% of male victims were aged 30 years or more while 14% were under 18 years of age. The remaining 13% were in the 18-29 age group.

When you look at the profile of female victims of historic crime incidents of Sexual offences in 2025, the differences were less pronounced. Nearly six in ten (56%) female victims were at least 30 years of age at the time of reporting but a fifth (22%) were under 18 years of age. The remaining 23% were aged between 18 and 29 years. See Figure 2.7, Table 2.5, and PxStat Table CVA07.