Recorded Crime Victims and Suspected Offenders

Survey Name:

Recorded Crime Victims and Offenders

Survey purpose:

To provide provisional figures for the number of victims and suspected offenders of serious crimes against the person which include homicides, sexual offences and physical assault & related offences recorded by An Garda Síochána, based on the Irish Crime Classification System (ICCS).

Legislative Basis National:

Not applicable

Legislative Basis European:

Not applicable

Periodicity:

Annual

Statistical Population:

Admin

Sampling Frame:

Admin

Reference Area:

State

Time Coverage:

2016-2023

Base Period:

Not applicable

Sector Coverage:

Not applicable

Survey Size:

Not applicable

Principal Variables:

Crime incident type, age and sex of victim, detection status, age and sex of suspected offender, date of occurrence of offence, date when offence was reported and time period.

Principal External Users:

An Garda Síochána, Department of Justice and Equality, Houses of the Oireachtas, agencies (e.g. RCNI (Rape Crisis Network Ireland), COSC (The National Office for the Prevention of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence)), general public, researchers.

Contact Organisation:

Central Statistics Office

Business Area:

Social & Demographic Statistics

Contact Person:

Jim Dalton

Contact Person Function:

Statistician

Other Business Area Specialists:

Contact email:

Crime@cso.ie

Contact phone number:

(+353) 21 453 5000