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This section provides a demographic breakdown of victims of Attempts/Threats to Murder, Assaults, Harassments & Related offences. 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 5,792 in Q2 2023 from the same period in 2022. The number of male victims fell by 1% to 3,356 while the number of female victims fell by 3% to 2,436. See Figure 5.1 and Table 5.1.
Over the period, the number of male victims of assault who were under 18 years when the crime incident took place increased by 8% in Q2 2023 compared to twelve months earlier. The number of male victims aged 60 years or more increased by 13% while there were decreases in the number of victims aged 18-29 years (-8%) and those aged 45-59 (-2%). There was little or no change in the number of victims aged 30-44 years.
Female victims under 18 years of age at the time of crime incident fell by 7% as did those aged 18-29 years (-10%). There were increases in the number of female victims of assault who were aged 60 years or more (+21%) and those aged 45-59 years (+4%). There was little or no change in the number of victims aged 30-44 years.
| Table 5.1 Recorded crime victims1 of Attempts/Threats to Murder, Assaults, Harassments & Related offences (ICSSq Offence Group 03) by age and sex of victim, Q2 2022 and Q2 2023 | ||||
| Quarterly2 recorded crime victims of ICSSq Offence Group 03 | ||||
| Sex/Age of Victim | Q2 2022 | Q2 2023 | Change | % Change |
| Victims of ICSSq Offence Group 03 | 5,884 | 5,792 | -92 | -2 |
| Males | 3,378 | 3,356 | -22 | -1 |
| of which: | ||||
| Under 18 | 518 | 558 | 40 | 8 |
| 18-29 | 925 | 854 | -71 | -8 |
| 30-44 | 1,040 | 1,035 | -5 | 0 |
| 45-59 | 677 | 662 | -15 | -2 |
| 60 years and over | 218 | 247 | 29 | 13 |
| Females | 2,506 | 2,436 | -70 | -3 |
| of which: | ||||
| Under 18 | 322 | 299 | -23 | -7 |
| 18-29 | 796 | 714 | -82 | -10 |
| 30-44 | 877 | 873 | -4 | 0 |
| 45-59 | 406 | 423 | 17 | 4 |
| 60 years and over | 105 | 127 | 22 | 21 |
| 1 These statistics are categorised as Under Reservation. This categorisation indicates that the quality of these statistics do not meet the standards required of official statistics published by CSO. | ||||
| 2 This table presents figures for a given quarter and year on year changes for that quarter. | ||||
| 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 | -1 | 8 | -8 | 0 | -2 | 13 | -3 | -7 | -10 | 0 | 4 | 21 |
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