Recorded Crime Q4 2023

The number of recorded crime incidents fell across all regions for three out of the fourteen offence categories in 2023 and these were as follows:

• Sexual offences where the Eastern region showed the largest rate of decrease (-16%) and this was followed by the Southern region (-12%), Dublin Metropolitan region (-11%) and North Western region (-6%).
• Public Order & Other Social Code offences – the largest rates of decrease were for the North Western (-10%) and Dublin Metropolitan regions (-9%) with the lowest for the Eastern region (-3%).
• Offences against Government, Justice Procedures & Organisation of Crime – largest rate of decrease was for the Eastern region (-11%) compared with a fall of between 2 and 4% for all other regions. See Figure 3.1 and Table 3.1.

The number of recorded crime incidents rose for a further three out of the fourteen regions and these were:

• Robbery, Extortion & Hijacking offences – largest rates of increase were for the North Western (+44%) and Southern regions (+39%) compared with increases of 21% for each of the Dublin Metropolitan and Eastern regions.
• Theft & Related offences – largest rates of increase were in the North Western (+22%) and Eastern (+19%) regions and the lowest in the Dublin Metropolitan region (+8%).
• Weapons & Explosives – 11% increase for the Southern region compared with between 3 and 5% for all other regions.

For all other offence groups, the experience across Garda regions was mixed.