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 4% to 5,483 between Q4 2022 and Q4 2023. The number of male victims fell by 4% to 3,172 while the number of female victims fell by 3% to 2,311.
Over the period, there was a mixed experience for male victims of different age groups. There were decreases in the number of victims under 18 years of age (-14%) and those between 45-59 years (-8%) and 18-29 years (-4%). However, the number of victims aged 60 years or more rose by 5% while those aged 30-44 years went up by 1%.
The number of female victims of assault fell across all age groups, except those aged 60 years or more. The number of female victims aged 60 years or more increased by 12% while the highest rate of decrease was for those under 18 years of age (-11%). For all other age groups, the rate of decrease was between 2% and 3%. 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 | -14 | -4 | 1 | -8 | 5 | -3 | -11 | -2 | -3 | -3 | 12 |
| 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, Q4 2022 and Q4 2023 | ||||
| Quarterly3 recorded crime victims of ICSSq Offence Group 03 | ||||
| Sex/Age of Victim | Q4 2022 | Q4 2023 | Change | % Change |
| Victims of ICSSq Offence Group 03 | 5,686 | 5,483 | -203 | -4 |
| Males | 3,306 | 3,172 | -134 | -4 |
| of which: | ||||
| Under 18 | 462 | 396 | -66 | -14 |
| 18-29 | 858 | 823 | -35 | -4 |
| 30-44 | 1,083 | 1,093 | 10 | 1 |
| 45-59 | 681 | 627 | -54 | -8 |
| 60 years and over | 222 | 233 | 11 | 5 |
| Females | 2,380 | 2,311 | -69 | -3 |
| of which: | ||||
| Under 18 | 264 | 235 | -29 | -11 |
| 18-29 | 689 | 675 | -14 | -2 |
| 30-44 | 919 | 890 | -29 | -3 |
| 45-59 | 400 | 390 | -10 | -3 |
| 60 years and over | 108 | 121 | 13 | 12 |
| 1 Based on data extracted 1 March 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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