Following the publication of the fifth Review of the Quality of Crime Statistics in October 2023, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) has lifted the 'Under Reservation' categorisation around Recorded Crime Statistics. This is possible because An Garda Síochána have introduced a range of quality measures over the last number of years which have resulted in sustained improvement in the quality of the underlying crime data. These changes give a level of assurance to users that they can rely on Recorded Crime Statistics.
For further information see our Lifting of Under Reservation categorisation for Recorded Crime Statistics FAQ page.
This section provides a breakdown of victims of Attempts/Threats to Murder, Assaults, Harassments & Related offences by age when the offence took place. Please note that the number of victims here are slightly different to the number of incidents in table 2.2 above as there can be incidents where no injured party is recorded.
The overall number of persons recorded as victims of Attempts/Threats to Murder, Assaults, Harassments & Related offences fell by 2% to 5,289 between Q1 2023 and Q1 2024. Six in ten (60%) victims were male in Q1 2024 compared with four in ten (40%) for female victims. The number of male victims rose by 2% to 3,161 while the number of female victims fell by 9% to 2,128.
When one looks at the age profile of male victims, the results show that the number of victims who were over 18 years when the incident occurred increased over the period. The highest rate of increase (+16%) was among those victims aged 60 years or more. Victims aged 30-44 years, which accounted for a third of all male victims, rose by 5% while those aged between 18 and 29 years increased by 4%. The number of victims who were under 18 years of age however fell by 9%.
A quite different picture emerges for female victims where there were decreases across all age groups. Of particular note was a fall of 26% in the number of female victims who were under 18 years of age when the incident occurred. The number of victims aged 18-29 years fell by 10% and those aged 60 years or more fell by 9%. To a lesser extent, victims aged 30-44 years and 45-59 years both fell by 4% over the period. See Figure 5.1 and Table 5.1.
| All Males | Males aged under 18 | Males aged 18-29 | Males aged 30-44 | Males aged 45-59 | Males aged years 60 and over | All Females | Females aged under 18 | Females aged 18-29 | Females aged 30-44 | Females aged 45-59 | Females aged 60 years and over | |
| ICCSq Offence Group 03 | 2 | -9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | -9 | -26 | -10 | -4 | -4 | -9 |
| Table 5.1 Recorded crime victims1,2 of Attempts/Threats to Murder, Assaults, Harassments & Related offences (ICSSq Offence Group 03) by age and sex of victim, Q1 2023 and Q1 2024 | ||||
| Quarterly3 recorded crime victims of ICSSq Offence Group 03 | ||||
| Sex/Age of Victim | Q1 2023 | Q1 2024 | Change | % Change |
| Victims of ICSSq Offence Group 03 | 5,423 | 5,289 | -134 | -2 |
| Males | 3,087 | 3,161 | 74 | 2 |
| of which: | ||||
| Under 18 | 488 | 446 | -42 | -9 |
| 18-29 | 819 | 850 | 31 | 4 |
| 30-44 | 976 | 1,020 | 44 | 5 |
| 45-59 | 604 | 613 | 9 | 1 |
| 60 years and over | 200 | 232 | 32 | 16 |
| Females | 2,336 | 2,128 | -208 | -9 |
| of which: | ||||
| Under 18 | 301 | 222 | -79 | -26 |
| 18-29 | 662 | 596 | -66 | -10 |
| 30-44 | 846 | 812 | -34 | -4 |
| 45-59 | 394 | 377 | -17 | -4 |
| 60 years and over | 133 | 121 | -12 | -9 |
| 1 Based on data extracted 1 June 2024. | ||||
| 2 Data may be subject to revision. | ||||
| 3 This table presents figures for a given quarter and year on year changes for that quarter. | ||||
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