Recorded Crime Detection 2022

In general, while the recorded crime rate was highest in the Dublin Metropolitan Region for 2022, the rate of crime detection was lower for most offence groups for this region. The crime detection rate is the percentage share of recorded crime that has been marked as detected by An Garda Síochána.

The recorded crime rate was highest for Dublin in all but two of the fourteen offence groups in 2022, namely Homicide & Related offences and Dangerous or Negligent Acts. However, the crime detection rate was highest in the Dublin Metropolitan region in only four of the fourteen offence groups for the same period. See Figures 3.1, 3.2, Tables 3.1 and 3.2.

Higher crime rates for most crimes in Dublin region

The data shows that for crime rates per 100,000 of the population for 2022:

• The rate for Theft & Related offences for the Dublin Metropolitan region at 2,388 incidents per 100,000 people was nearly twice the State average and nearly four times as much as the North Western region.
• The rate for the Dublin Metropolitan region was 82 incidents per 100,000 people for Sexual offences compared to the next highest rate of 72 incidents per 100,000 people for the North Western region. 
• The rate of 513 incidents per 100,000 people for Attempts/Threats to Murder, Assaults, Harassments and Related offences for the Dublin Metropolitan region was the highest of all regions. This was followed by a rate of 471 incidents per 100,000 people for the North Western Region.
• The rate for the Dublin Metropolitan Region for Robbery, Extortion & Hijacking offences was 82 instances per 100,000 people which was over three times the level of many of the other regions.
• However, there were some exceptions:
• The rate for Homicide & Related offences was highest for the Eastern region at two incidents per 100,000 people compared with a rate of one incident per 100,000 people for the Dublin Metropolitan region.
• The rates for Dangerous or Negligent Acts was highest for the North Western region at 192 incidents per 100,000 people. This compared with a rate of 144 incidents per 100,000 persons for the Dublin Metropolitan region which was the lowest of all the regions.

Lower detection rates in Dublin for a number of crimes

The data also shows that for crime detection for 2022:

• The rate for Theft & Related offences for the Dublin Metropolitan region at 26% was the lowest among all regions with the highest being in the Southern region at 39%.
• The Eastern region had the highest detection rate at 96% for Homicide & Related offences compared with 73% for the Dublin Metropolitan region.
• The Eastern region also had the highest detection rates for Sexual offences (12%) and Attempts/Threats to Murder, Assaults, Harassments & Related offences (38%). The rate for the Dublin Metropolitan region was 9% and 21% respectively for each offence group.
• The Eastern (32%) and Southern regions (31%) had the highest detection rates for Robbery, Hijacking & Related offences compared with a rate of 23% for the Dublin Metropolitan region.
• The Dublin Metropolitan region had the highest rate of detection among all regions for Kidnapping and Related offences (36%) and Weapons & Explosives offences (77%).