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 3% to 5,875 between Q2 2023 and Q2 2024. Nearly six in ten (58%) victims were male in Q2 2024 compared with just over four in ten (42%) for female victims. The number of male victims fell by 4% to 3,407 and the number of female victims fell by 2% to 2,468.
When one looks at the age profile of male victims, the results show that the number of victims who were under 18 years when the incident occurred fell by 18% or 104 persons over the period. The number of male victims aged 18-29 years fell by 5% while those aged 45-59 years were down by 4%. The number of male victims who were at least 60 years old at the time of the incident increased by 9% while those aged between 30 and 44 years were by 2%.
A somewhat different picture emerged for female victims where the overall fall of 2% in the number of victims was accounted for mainly by falls in the number of victims under 18 years (-9%) and those aged 60 years or more (-16%) when the incident occurred. 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 | -4 | -18 | -5 | 2 | -4 | 9 | -2 | -9 | -1 | 0 | 0 | -16 |
| 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, Q2 2023 and Q2 2024 | ||||
| Quarterly3 recorded crime victims of ICSSq Offence Group 03 | ||||
| Sex/Age of Victim | Q2 2023 | Q2 2024 | Change | % Change |
| Victims of ICCSq Offence Group 03 | 6,064 | 5,875 | -189 | -3 |
| Males | 3,539 | 3,407 | -132 | -4 |
| of which: | ||||
| Under 18 | 584 | 480 | -104 | -18 |
| 18-29 | 901 | 855 | -46 | -5 |
| 30-44 | 1,101 | 1,128 | 27 | 2 |
| 45-59 | 698 | 667 | -31 | -4 |
| 60 years and over | 255 | 277 | 22 | 9 |
| Females | 2,525 | 2,468 | -57 | -2 |
| of which: | ||||
| Under 18 | 310 | 281 | -29 | -9 |
| 18-29 | 737 | 733 | -4 | -1 |
| 30-44 | 910 | 906 | -4 | 0 |
| 45-59 | 439 | 439 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 years and over | 129 | 109 | -20 | -16 |
| 1 Based on data extracted 2 September 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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