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CSO statistical release, 27 November 2015, 11am

Garda Recorded Crime Statistics

2009 - 2013

Percentage change in recorded offences, 2012 to 2013 and 2009 to 2013
		Recorded percentage change
ICCS offence group		2012-2013	2009-2013
01	Homicide offences	+5	-6
02	Sexual offences	-5	+36
03	Attempts or threats to murder, assaults, harassments and related offences	-8	-21
04	Dangerous or negligent acts	-6	+7
05	Kidnapping and related offences	+2	-29
06	Robbery, extortion and hijacking offences	-0	+13
07	Burglary and related offences	-7	-3
08	Theft and related offences	+3	+2
09	Fraud, deception and related offences	-17	-2
10	Controlled drug offences	-7	-30
11	Weapons and explosives offences	-9	-32
12	Damage to property and to the environment	-11	-32
13	Public order and other social code offences	-17	-36
14	Road and traffic offences (NEC)	-19	-47
15	Offences against Government, justice procedures and organisation of crime	-3	-23
16	Offences not elsewhere classified	-9	-21

Falls in Homicide offences over the period 2009-2013.

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This report provides a broad overview of the trends in recorded and detected offences across the 16 top level offence groups of the Irish Crime Classification System (ICCS) up to the end of 2013. It looks at the short-term trend between 2012 and 2013 and also at the changes in recorded crime between 2009 and 2013.

The CSO resumed the publication of recorded crime statistics in June 2015. This follows a comprehensive review of the accuracy of Garda Síochana crime data, on foot of the Garda Inspectorate report on Crime Investigation, published 11th November 2014. When interpreting the recorded crime statistics, the CSO advises that the findings of the review should be taken into account. In particular, the CSO recommends that caution be applied to detection rates, given issues cited in the report.

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Figure 1 Percentage change in recorded offences, 2009-2013

Group 01 Homicide Offences

There were 83 Homicide offences (ICCS 01) recorded in 2013 representing an increase of almost 5% on the 79 recorded offences in 2012. However, this also represents a fall of over 6% on the 88 recorded in 2009. See table 2.

Relevant proceedings were taken for 53 of the Homicide offences recorded in 2013. Court proceedings were commenced in relation to all of these. From the Court proceedings, convictions were returned in relation to 23 instances, while proceedings in relation to 24 were still pending. See table 3.

Group 02 Sexual Offences

There were 2,010 Sexual offences (ICCS 02) recorded in 2013 representing a decrease of 5.0% on the 2,116 recorded offences in 2012. The number of offences recorded in 2013 is over 36% higher than the recorded number of offences in 2009. However, care should be taken in the interpretation of these statistics. See table 2.

90% of those convicted had committed offences of Rape and Sexual assault (ICCS 021). See table 4.

Group 03 Attempts or Threats to Murder, Assaults, Harassments and Related Offences

There were 14,502 Attempts or threats to murder, assaults, harassments and related offences (ICCS 03) recorded in 2013 representing a decrease of almost 8% on the 15,710 recorded offences in 2012. The vast majority of these offences were Assaults (ICCS 032). See table 2.

Considering the age and gender breakdown of those convicted for Attempts or threats to murder, assaults, harassments and related offencesin 2013, 595 were committed by males under the age of 25 while 65 were committed by females in this age bracket. The age group for males and females with the most convictions was the 25-44 year age category. The vast majority of those convicted (1,237 or 94.0%) were for Assaults (ICCS 032). See table 4.

Comparing per capita figures for 2013, the Northern Region was the highest for recorded Attempts or threats to murder, assaults, harassments and related offences (ICCS 03) offences, with 367.7 offences per 100,000, while the Western Region had the lowest (284.3 per 100,000). See table 5.

Group 04 Dangerous or Negligent Acts

In 2013 for this group, 84.4% (210,181) of recorded offences were Speeding (ICCS 0415) offences and 12.5% (31,165) were Dangerous/careless driving and motorway offences (ICCS 0414). See table 2.

The Southern Garda Region had the highest per-capita rates for Dangerous or Negligent Acts (ICCS 04) with 5,948.7 offences per 100,000 persons. See table 5.

Group 05 Kidnapping and Related Offences

There were 103 recorded offences in Kidnapping and related offences (ICCS 05) in 2013, an increase of 2 on the number recorded in 2012. In 2013, there was a 63.1% detection rate for this group. See table 2.

False Imprisonment (ICCS 0511) offences had a detection rate of 65.4% (53 of 81 offences recorded). See table 3.

Group 06 Robbery, Extortion and Hijacking Offences

There were 2,806 Robbery, Extortion and Hijacking Offences (ICCS 06) recorded in 2013. There were 989 Robbery of an establishment or institution (ICCS 0611) offences recorded in 2013. This was a slight decrease on the figure in 2012 (1,016). See table 2.

Relevant proceedings were taken for 792 offences in this grouprecorded in 2013. Court proceedings were commenced in relation to 787 offences. Of these, 457 led to convictions, and 231 were pending. See table 3.

Group 07 Burglary and Related Offences

Detection rates for this group were just over 20% in 2013 with 5,354 of 26,218 recorded offences detected. See table 2.

Court proceedings commenced for 3,461 Burglary and related offences recorded in 2013. 2,063 recorded burglaries resulted in a conviction See table 3.

For 2013, almost 40% of Burglary (ICCS 071) offences were recorded in the Dublin Metropolitan Region. See table 5.

Group 08 Theft and Related Offences

There were 78,737 recorded Theft and related offences (ICCS 08) in 2013, an increase on the 2012 total of 76,402. The total number of recorded offences in this group has not varied much since 2009, when there were 77,031 recorded offences. See table 2.

The overall detection rate for Theft and related offences was 33.4% in 2013, with 26,301 offences detected. Detection rates varied for offences within the group. Handling or possession of stolen property (ICCS 0831) had a detection rate of 99.7%, followed by Theft from shop (ICCS 0822) at 77.7%. Theft/Unauthorised taking of a pedal cycle (ICCS 0824) had the lowest detection rate within the group at 9.0%. See table 2.

Group 09 Fraud, Deception and Related Offences

There were 4,825 recorded Fraud, deception and related offences (ICCS 09) in 2013, representing a decrease of 16.7% on the 2012 figure of 5,791. The rise can be attributed primarily to an increase in the largest category in this group: Fraud, deception, false pretence offences (ICCS 091). This fell by 13.7% between 2012 and 2013, from 5,129 to 4,427 recorded offences. See table 2.

The detection rates for Fraud, deception and related offences fell from 44.2% in 2012 to 42.0% in 2013.

At a national level, there were 105.0 per 100,000 recorded ICCS 09 Fraud, deception and related offences (ICCS 09) in 2013. See table 5.

Group 10 Controlled Drug Offences

There were 15,372 recorded Controlled drug offences (ICCS 10) in 2013, a decrease of 6.6% since 2012. The number of drug offences had decreased every year since 2009. In 2013, almost 75% of recorded offences in this group were Possession of drugs for personal use (ICCS 1022) offences. See table 2.

Relevant proceedings were taken for 10,246 Controlled drug offences recorded in 2013, with court proceedings commencing for 9,884 offences. Convictions were secured in 3,609 instances, while 1,036 offences were still pending. See table 3.

Group 11 Weapons and Explosives Offences

In 2013, there were 2,750 recorded Weapons and explosives offences (ICCS 11), a decrease of 9.5% on the 2012 figure of 3,038. The largest category contributing to the increase was Offensive weapons offences (NEC) (ICCS 113), with over three-quarters of recorded offences in this category. This covers non-firearm weapons offences. See table 2.

95.8% of all persons convicted for Weapons and explosives offences were male. See table 4.

Group 12 Damage to Property and to the Environment

Arson (ICCS 1211) offences decreased by 9.6% between 2012 and 2013. 15.1% of these offences were detected in 2013. See table 2.

At a national level, there were 629.5 recorded Criminal damage (ICCS 121) offences per 100,000 population. The Dublin DMR Garda Region was above the national rate, with 897.6 recorded offences per 100,000 but all other regions were below the national rate. See table 5.

Group 13 Public Order and Other Social Code Offences

In 2013, there were 15,813 Public order and other social code offences recorded where relevant proceedings were commenced, which was 43.4% of the 36,453 overall offences recorded in this group. Of these, 14,022 related to Disorderly conduct (ICCS 131). Court proceedings began in relation to 15,246 Group 13 offences. Convictions were obtained in relation to 8,188 offences recorded in 2013, while court proceedings in relation to 1,237 offences were still pending. See table 3.

In 2013, the Southern Region was the Garda Region with the highest per-population rate for Public order and other social code offences (ICCS 13) offences (1,005.3 per 100,000). See table 5.

Group 14 Road and traffice offences

Court proceedings commenced for 67,774 (43.7%) of all Road and traffic offences (NEC) recorded in 2013. Convictions were obtained in relation to 22,419 offences recorded in 2013, while court proceedings in relation to 1,044 offences were still pending. See table 3.

Comparing offences recorded per capita for 2013, the Southern Region had the highest rates for Road and traffic offences (NEC). See tables 5.

Group 15 Offences against Government, Justice Procedures and Organisation of Crime

The number of Offences against Government, justice procedures and organisation of crime (ICCS 15) fell by 20.6% between 2009 and 2013. See table 2.

Relevant proceedings were taken for 4,539 of the incidents recorded in 2013. Of the 4,458 offences where court proceedings commenced, convictions were obtained in 2,352 of these cases while 523 were still pending. See table 3.

Group 16 Offences not elsewhere classified

In 2013, there were 2,682 offences recorded under Offences not elsewhere classified (ICCS 16), a decrease of 9.2% on the previous year’s total of 2,953. Immigration offences/carrier liability (ICCS 1648) fell from 805 in 2012 to 509 in 2013. Importation/Control/Welfare of animals offences (ICCS 161) rose between 2012 and 2013, from 1,996 to 2,037. See table 2.

The Southern Region recorded the highest rate per capita of Offences not elsewhere classified (ICCS 16), with Limerick Garda Division having the highest divisional rate per capita. See table 5.

Show Table 1 Detection rates Group 01 to Group 16, 2009-2013

Table 1 Detection rates Group 01 to Group 16, 2009-2013
						%
ICCS offence group		Detection Rate

		2009	2010	2011	2012	2013

01	Homicide offences	81	83	86	77	84

02	Sexual offences	59	55	58	53	51

03	Attempts/Threats to murder, assaults, harassments
	and related offences	61	63	61	61	62

04	Dangerous or negligent acts	100	100	100	100	100

05	Kidnapping and related offences	45	61	68	60	63

06	Robbery, extortion and hijacking offences	52	54	49	46	41

07	Burglary and related offences	24	26	23	22	20

08	Theft and related offences	37	38	36	35	33

09	Fraud, deception and related offences	56	51	45	44	42

10	Controlled drug offences	99	99	99	99	99

11	Weapons and explosives offences	90	90	89	89	90

12	Damage to property and to the environment	22	23	23	22	22

13	Public order and other social code offences	94	94	94	93	93

14	Road and traffic offences (NEC)	99	99	99	99	99

15	Offences against Government, justice procedures and organistation of crime
		98	99	98	99	99

16	Offences not elsewhere classified	67	62	51	52	46

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Table 2 Incidents of Homicide offences (ICCS 01) recorded and detected, 2003-2013

			2003		2004		2005		2006		2007		2008		2009		2010		2011		2012		2013
			Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected


01	Homicide offences		80	68	98	93	126	106	138	120	132	117	89	77	88	71	89	74	66	57	79	61	83	70

	011	Murder/Manslaughter/Infanticide	51	39	45	40	65	46	70	52	85	70	55	43	60	43	58	43	45	37	60	42	55	42
		0111 Murder	37	25	30	25	52	33	62	44	77	62	50	38	56	39	53	38	42	34	53	36	52	40
		0112 Manslaughter	14	14	15	15	13	13	8	8	7	7	5	5	4	4	5	5	3	3	7	6	3	2
		0113 Infanticide	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	012	Dangerous driving leading to death	29	29	53	53	61	60	68	68	47	47	34	34	28	28	31	31	21	20	19	19	28	28
		0121 Manslaughter (traffic fatality)	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		0122 Dangerous driving causing death	28	28	52	52	60	60	68	68	47	47	34	34	28	28	31	31	21	20	19	19	28	28



Table 2 Incidents of Sexual offences (ICCS 02) recorded and detected, 2003-2013

			2003		2004		2005		2006		2007		2008		2009		2010		2011		2012		2013
			Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected


02	Sexual offences		1,986	1,235	1,752	986	1,801	963	1,415	802	1,366	782	1,406	812	1,480	871	2,366	1,305	2,014	1,164	2,116	1,191	2,010	1,030

	021	Rape and sexual assault	1,872	1,140	1,672	926	1,746	921	1,360	765	1,267	724	1,334	767	1,390	815	2,189	1,228	1,839	1,081	1,977	1,130	1,884	966
		0211 Rape of a male or female	341	158	411	170	451	206	371	209	358	212	348	176	376	219	479	259	463	274	519	293	451	260
		0212 Defilement of a boy or girl less than 17 years old	134	88	135	80	119	63	72	54	71	43	76	49	104	69	156	100	148	106	137	85	93	43
		0213 Sexual offence involving mentally impaired person	23	8	14	7	13	4	15	7	12	6	7	4	8	7	16	9	13	3	25	14	10	2
		0214 Aggravated sexual assault	11	4	14	3	7	5	16	9	17	10	13	7	8	4	7	7	10	8	7	5	10	7
		0215 Sexual assault (not aggravated)	1,363	882	1,098	666	1,156	643	886	486	809	453	890	531	894	516	1,531	853	1,205	690	1,289	733	1,320	654

	022	Other sexual offences	114	95	80	60	55	42	55	37	99	58	72	45	90	56	177	77	175	83	139	61	126	64
		0221 Incest	5	5	6	6	7	7	4	4	9	7	10	8	8	7	9	8	6	6	7	7	4	4
		0222 Child pornography offences	74	62	62	44	37	27	39	26	81	47	46	28	64	40	138	55	161	72	131	54	115	56
		0223 Child pornography - obstruction of warrant	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		0224 Gross indecency	34	28	12	10	11	8	12	7	9	0	16	9	18	9	30	14	8	5	1	0	7	4



Table 2 Incidents of Attempts/Threats to murder, assaults, harassments and related offences (ICCS 03) recorded and detected, 2003-2013

			2003		2004		2005		2006		2007		2008		2009		2010		2011		2012		2013
			Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected


03	Attempts/Threats to murder, assaults, harassments and related offences
			13,531	8,889	13,277	8,374	13,687	8,192	15,454	9,476	17,665	10,603	19,150	11,326	18,353	11,241	17,703	11,115	17,062	10,466	15,710	9,554	14,502	8,966

	031	Attempts/Threats to murder	47	33	48	36	102	77	102	89	166	127	211	142	232	148	367	224	401	214	279	168	355	216
		0311 Murder-attempt	5	0	1	0	7	6	8	5	5	3	10	6	7	4	6	3	7	2	7	2	13	3
		0312 Murder-threat	42	33	47	36	95	71	94	84	161	124	201	136	225	144	361	221	394	212	272	166	342	213

	032	Assaults	12,428	8,328	12,255	7,898	12,472	7,721	13,737	8,844	15,146	9,836	16,186	10,450	15,580	10,339	15,038	10,222	14,709	9,700	13,566	8,879	12,644	8,301
		0321 Assault causing harm	3,941	2,752	3,890	2,612	3,708	2,557	4,012	3,012	3,910	2,946	3,849	2,917	3,730	2,832	3,713	2,877	3,583	2,728	3,231	2,398	3,086	2,336
		0322 Poisoning	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	1
		0323 Assault or obstruction of Garda/official, resisting arrest
			240	235	203	194	186	176	239	233	241	229	232	226	282	277	249	242	309	297	330	325	261	251
		0324 Minor assault	8,246	5,341	8,160	5,092	8,578	4,988	9,484	5,598	10,994	6,661	12,104	7,306	11,565	7,229	11,076	7,103	10,816	6,675	10,005	6,156	9,294	5,713

	033	Harassment and related offences	1,056	528	974	440	1,113	394	1,615	543	2,353	640	2,753	734	2,541	754	2,298	669	1,952	552	1,865	507	1,503	449
		0331 Harassment, stalking, threats	427	275	373	243	377	215	394	251	599	323	788	359	1,074	463	1,105	428	846	336	698	308	554	266
		0332 Coercion	4	2	9	5	5	4	5	3	9	7	13	8	17	14	8	6	7	2	5	4	8	5
		0333 Menacing phone calls	601	237	566	178	712	164	1,184	276	1,716	297	1,909	350	1,400	257	1,139	213	1,064	203	1,116	179	902	167
		0334 Incitement to hatred offences	18	12	20	13	16	10	17	8	19	11	20	11	12	9	8	6	6	5	13	8	13	4
		0335 Demanding payment of debt causing alarm	6	2	6	1	3	1	15	5	10	1	23	6	38	11	38	16	29	6	33	8	26	7


Table 2 Incidents of Dangerous or negligent acts (ICCS 04) recorded and detected, 2003-2013

			2003		2004		2005		2006		2007		2008		2009		2010		2011		2012		2013
			Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected


04	Dangerous or negligent acts		177,879	176,671	210,036	208,546	170,563	168,708	224,996	222,927	256,740	254,308	238,914	237,391	232,093	231,142	205,364	204,367	306,937	306,140	266,055	264,978	249,006	248,016

	041	Dangerous or negligent operation of a vehicle	177,495	176,402	209,626	208,270	170,050	168,410	224,457	222,601	255,873	253,783	238,012	236,732	231,241	230,525	204,573	203,813	306,433	305,743	265,553	264,621	248,544	247,719
		0411 Dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm	20	17	29	29	22	22	24	23	26	25	17	17	18	18	18	16	13	13	5	5	12	11
		0412 Driving/In charge of a vehicle while over legal alcohol limit
			11,487	11,008	12,162	11,512	14,066	13,268	18,564	17,672	19,720	18,419	17,940	17,291	13,771	13,653	10,682	10,632	8,990	8,897	8,254	7,806	6,915	6,560
		0413 Driving/In charge of a vehicle under the influence of drugs
			77	76	76	76	106	105	117	117	277	276	728	719	891	889	602	598	439	438	290	289	271	270
		0414 Dangerous/careless driving and motorway offences
		0414 Dangerous/careless driving and motorway offences	4,329	3,757	4,882	4,205	5,729	4,971	16,246	15,346	43,464	42,696	45,127	44,522	37,848	37,278	36,273	35,729	35,102	34,592	32,601	32,127	31,165	30,703
		0415 Speeding	161,582	161,544	192,477	192,448	150,127	150,044	189,506	189,443	192,386	192,367	174,200	174,183	178,713	178,687	156,998	156,838	261,889	261,803	224,403	224,394	210,181	210,175

	042	Other dangerous or negligent acts	384	269	410	276	513	298	539	326	867	525	902	659	852	617	791	554	504	397	502	357	462	297
		0421 Endangerment with potential for serious harm/death
		0421 Endangerment with potential for serious harm/death	51	40	75	72	80	69	71	63	68	56	50	43	65	56	54	48	100	87	67	48	68	41
		0422 Abandoning a child, child neglect and cruelty	178	104	193	89	264	99	302	130	560	273	566	377	520	342	455	265	196	143	228	154	225	136
		0423 Unseaworthy/Dangerous use of boat or ship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	3	1	9	8	4	3	4	3	2	1
		0424 False alarm/Interference with aircraft or
		air transport facilities	12	10	19	17	18	13	16	12	21	20	41	40	21	20	6	6	5	5	8	7	4	3
		0425 Endangering traffic offences	143	115	123	98	151	117	150	121	217	175	243	197	243	198	267	227	199	159	195	145	163	116


Table 2 Incidents of Kidnapping and related offences (ICCS 05) recorded and detected, 2003-2013

			2003		2004		2005		2006		2007		2008		2009		2010		2011		2012		2013
			Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected


05	Kidnapping and related offences		97	43	74	40	74	43	81	47	106	60	77	45	146	66	134	82	109	74	101	61	103	65

	051	False imprisonment, abduction	97	43	74	40	74	43	81	47	106	60	77	45	146	66	134	82	109	74	101	61	103	65
		0511 False Imprisonment	75	35	65	37	59	37	70	44	90	51	59	39	84	50	84	56	76	54	67	45	81	53
		0512 Abduction of person under 16 years of age	22	8	9	3	15	6	11	3	16	9	11	5	13	8	20	17	14	9	18	8	6	3
		0513 Human trafficking offences	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	7	1	49	8	30	9	19	11	16	8	16	9

1	Data not available prior to 2008.

Table 2 Incidents of Robbery, extortion and hijacking offences (ICCS 06) recorded and detected, 2003-2013

			2003		2004		2005		2006		2007		2008		2009		2010		2011		2013		2013
			Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected


06	Robbery, Extortion and Hijacking Offences		2,915	980	2,717	994	2,424	990	2,486	1,181	2,171	1,062	2,299	1,152	2,491	1,298	3,196	1,727	2,931	1,441	2,817	1,292	2,806	1,144

	061	Robbery	2,803	937	2,617	960	2,334	943	2,385	1,118	2,090	1,019	2,161	1,092	2,364	1,220	3,051	1,643	2,808	1,379	2,679	1,218	2,715	1,101
		0611 Robbery of an establishment or institution	1,031	359	1,076	448	1,152	500	1,104	557	814	443	869	495	1,030	608	1,085	660	1,073	613	1,016	525	989	471
		0612 Robbery of cash or goods in transit	53	10	61	13	44	12	31	7	20	5	26	11	24	9	21	4	39	6	49	14	39	17
		0613 Robbery from the person	1,719	568	1,480	499	1,138	431	1,250	554	1,256	571	1,266	586	1,310	603	1,945	979	1,696	760	1,614	679	1,687	613

	062	Extortion offences	21	12	15	7	18	9	11	8	20	14	22	16	23	15	23	16	23	12	40	26	25	13
		0621 Blackmail or extortion	21	12	15	7	18	9	11	8	20	14	22	16	23	15	23	16	23	12	40	26	25	13

	063	Hijacking offences	91	31	85	27	72	38	90	55	61	29	116	44	104	63	122	68	100	50	98	48	60	30
		0631 Carjacking, hijacking/unlawful seizure of
		aircraft/vessel	91	31	85	27	72	38	90	55	61	29	116	44	104	63	122	68	100	50	98	48	60	47


Table 2 Incidents of Burglary and related offences (ICCS 07) recorded and detected, 2003-2013

			2003		2004		2005		2006		2007		2008		2009		2010		2011		2012		2013
			Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected


07	Burglary and related offences		25,756	4,596	24,913	4,229	26,381	4,689	24,788	5,405	23,603	5,697	24,682	6,526	26,910	6,435	25,420	6,494	27,695	6,450	28,133	6,166	26,218	5,354

	071	Burglary	25,756	4,596	24,913	4,229	26,381	4,689	24,788	5,405	23,603	5,697	24,682	6,526	26,910	6,435	25,420	6,494	27,695	6,450	28,133	6,166	26,218	5,354
		0711 Aggravated burglary	327	89	282	86	274	90	284	105	255	106	325	177	368	174	333	154	336	169	283	137	297	122
		0712 Burglary (not aggravated)	25,208	4,291	24,430	3,947	25,911	4,414	24,270	5,070	23,052	5,301	23,933	5,926	26,113	5,835	24,578	5,833	26,724	5,651	27,098	5,283	25,241	4,540
		0713 Possession of an article (with intent to burgle,
		steal, demand)	221	210	201	196	196	185	234	230	296	290	424	423	429	426	509	507	635	630	752	746	680	672


Table 2 Incidents of Theft and related offences (ICCS 08) recorded and detected, 2003-2013

			2003		2004		2005		2006		2007		2008		2009		2010		2011		2012		2013
			Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected


08	Theft and related offences		73,435	22,937	72,201	21,995	73,076	23,419	74,494	26,433	75,187	27,101	76,861	29,197	77,031	28,716	76,826	29,214	76,974	27,810	76,402	26,487	78,737	26,301

	081	Theft/Taking of vehicle and related offences	13,150	2,022	14,369	2,255	14,199	2,293	13,660	2,450	13,531	2,483	14,307	2,470	13,129	2,283	11,410	2,207	10,393	2,073	8,448	1,540	7,368	1,258
		0811 Theft/Unauthorised taking of vehicle.	12,461	1,537	13,525	1,713	13,268	1,733	12,636	1,883	11,846	1,849	12,217	1,887	10,829	1,702	9,168	1,610	8,209	1,574	6,579	1,144	5,726	947
		0812 Interfering with vehicle (with intent to steal
		item or vehicle)	689	485	844	542	931	560	1,024	567	1,685	634	2,090	583	2,300	581	2,242	597	2,184	499	1,869	396	1,642	311

	082	Theft (not vehicle)	58,753	19,406	56,268	18,184	57,392	19,649	59,322	22,474	60,064	23,030	60,960	25,136	62,400	24,938	63,872	25,468	65,047	24,212	66,357	23,357	69,755	23,434
		0821 Theft from person	6,661	1,164	5,712	1,071	4,620	900	3,598	881	2,941	792	3,286	1,072	2,691	704	2,871	705	3,684	775	5,036	923	6,518	1,059
		0822 Theft from shop	15,692	12,370	14,891	11,713	16,483	12,957	18,451	14,699	18,865	15,173	20,098	16,313	20,665	16,616	20,891	17,035	19,989	16,067	19,584	15,473	20,577	15,995
		0823 Theft from vehicle	12,962	1,260	13,215	1,103	12,964	1,122	13,449	1,534	14,709	1,768	13,929	1,777	14,983	1,880	14,685	1,962	14,411	1,782	14,484	1,665	14,593	1,641
		0824 Theft/Unauthorised taking of a pedal cycle	2,941	178	2,849	173	2,943	183	3,148	241	3,346	285	3,024	301	4,213	420	4,655	576	5,170	507	5,477	571	5,912	535
		0826 Theft of, or interference with mail	86	25	118	27	68	24	28	10	40	10	57	31	104	73	72	40	74	12	49	7	64	9
		0827 Theft of other property	20,411	4,409	19,483	4,097	20,314	4,463	20,648	5,109	20,163	5,002	20,566	5,642	19,744	5,245	20,698	5,150	21,719	5,069	21,727	4,718	22,091	4,195

	083	Handling stolen property	1,532	1,509	1,564	1,556	1,485	1,477	1,512	1,509	1,592	1,588	1,594	1,591	1,502	1,495	1,544	1,539	1,534	1,525	1,597	1,590	1,614	1,609
		0831 Handling or possession of stolen property	1,532	1,509	1,564	1,556	1,485	1,477	1,512	1,509	1,592	1,588	1,594	1,591	1,502	1,495	1,544	1,539	1,534	1,525	1,597	1,590	1,614	1,609


Table 2 Incidents of Fraud, deception and related offences (ICCS 09) recorded and detected, 2003-2013

			2003		2004		2005		2006		2007		2008		2009		2010		2011		2012		2013
			Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected


09	Fraud, deception and related offences		4,143	2,649	3,663	2,510	4,012	2,339	4,176	2,167	5,858	2,618	5,410	2,882	4,947	2,767	4,988	2,523	5,370	2,395	5,791	2,559	4,825	2,025

	091	Fraud, forgery and false instrument offences	3,792	2,476	3,286	2,294	3,668	2,166	3,962	2,055	5,528	2,434	4,812	2,572	4,198	2,349	4,217	2,087	4,765	2,036	5,129	2,231	4,427	1,810
		0911 Fraud, deception, false pretence offences	2,299	1,302	1,851	1,154	2,061	1,026	2,388	880	3,232	1,186	2,623	1,126	2,482	1,132	2,670	1,076	3,152	1,147	3,612	1,362	3,276	1,129
		0912 Forging an instrument to defraud	1,329	1,035	1,287	1,011	1,449	1,030	1,441	1,072	2,178	1,144	2,104	1,375	1,644	1,155	1,475	959	1,517	843	1,473	832	1,074	646
		0913 Possession of an article for use in fraud,
		deception or extortion	118	94	80	65	140	96	114	95	106	96	76	65	61	55	63	49	87	40	39	34	65	30
		0914 Falsification of accounts	8	7	56	52	10	6	14	4	5	2	9	6	9	5	9	3	8	5	5	3	10	4
		0915 Offences under the companies act	38	38	12	12	8	8	3	2	2	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
		0916 Offences under the investment intermediaries
		act	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
		0917 Offences under the stock exchange act	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	092	Other fraud	84	76	110	105	96	92	60	54	113	80	87	69	184	168	156	129	128	121	130	113	105	78
		0921 Money laundering	15	14	30	30	62	62	15	13	10	9	6	5	19	18	16	13	17	16	8	7	10	8
		0922 Embezzlement	47	42	60	55	19	16	10	9	44	35	19	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		0923 Fraud against the European Union	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		0924 Importation/Sale/Supply of tobacco offences	22	20	20	20	15	14	35	32	59	36	62	47	164	150	140	116	111	105	122	106	95	70

	093	Counterfeiting currency and related offences	261	92	264	108	242	75	152	57	214	101	507	239	562	247	613	305	471	233	530	213	288	135
		0931 Counterfeiting notes and coins	261	92	264	108	242	75	152	57	214	101	507	239	530	219	517	222	373	156	429	163	198	93
		0932 Counterfeiting of goods	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	32	28	96	83	98	77	101	50	90	42

	094	Corruption	6	5	3	3	6	6	2	1	3	3	4	2	3	3	2	2	6	5	2	2	5	2
		0941 Corruption (involving public office holder)	6	5	3	3	6	6	2	1	3	3	4	2	3	3	2	2	6	5	2	2	5	2

1	Data not available prior to 2009.

Table 2 Incidents of Controlled drug offences (ICCS 10) recorded and detected, 2003-2013

			2003		2004		2005		2006		2007		2008		2009		2010		2011		2012		2013
			Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected


10	Controlled drug offences		9,254	8,629	9,863	9,360	13,318	12,713	14,220	13,892	18,553	18,175	23,404	23,129	21,982	21,735	20,004	19,730	17,695	17,485	16,450	16,234	15,372	15,181

	101	Importation/Manufacture of drugs	108	100	74	69	86	81	135	132	215	205	285	279	319	314	567	554	621	607	547	540	434	419
		1011 Importation of drugs	36	29	36	31	36	33	43	41	54	44	67	64	46	45	29	27	41	40	30	27	44	39
		1012 Cultivation or manufacture of drugs	72	71	38	38	50	48	92	91	161	161	218	215	273	269	538	527	580	567	517	513	390	380

	102	Possession of drugs	8,770	8,172	9,329	8,851	12,692	12,114	13,476	13,161	17,609	17,254	22,394	22,131	20,846	20,610	18,681	18,430	16,548	16,354	15,324	15,122	14,449	14,281
		1021 Possession of drugs for sale or supply	2,317	2,283	2,193	2,172	2,658	2,642	3,015	3,007	3,602	3,576	4,301	4,275	4,029	4,013	4,159	4,132	3,874	3,855	3,503	3,492	3,261	3,245
		1022 Possession of drugs for personal use	6,453	5,889	7,136	6,679	10,034	9,472	10,461	10,154	14,007	13,678	18,093	17,856	16,817	16,597	14,522	14,298	12,674	12,499	11,821	11,630	11,188	11,036

	103	Other drug offences	376	357	460	440	540	518	609	599	729	716	725	719	817	811	756	746	526	524	579	572	489	481
		1031 Forged or altered prescription offences	74	70	127	124	131	127	137	131	135	129	198	194	208	206	176	170	150	149	146	143	105	104
		1032 Obstruction under the drugs act	302	287	333	316	409	391	472	468	594	587	527	525	609	605	580	576	376	375	433	429	384	377


Table 2 Incidents of Weapons and explosives offences (ICCS 11) recorded and detected, 2003-2013

			2003		2004		2005		2006		2007		2008		2009		2010		2011		2012		2013
			Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected


11	Weapons and explosives offences		1,920	1,651	2,153	1,770	2,558	2,176	3,119	2,768	3,595	3,144	4,016	3,648	4,064	3,642	4,099	3,703	3,483	3,111	3,038	2,709	2,750	2,476

	111	Explosives, chemical weapons offences	52	43	65	46	105	92	161	140	26	10	50	19	46	16	41	24	78	18	90	31	59	18
		1111 Causing an explosion	1	0	4	0	4	0	12	3	10	0	15	1	26	5	12	4	47	5	40	7	28	5
		1112 Making of explosives	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	3	3	5	1	2	1	5	1	7	1	6	0	6	1
		1113 Possession of explosives	50	42	60	46	100	91	149	137	13	7	29	16	18	10	24	19	24	12	44	24	25	12
		1114 Chemical weapons offences	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	112	Firearms offences	584	371	665	362	745	444	722	459	750	461	681	494	647	459	592	428	457	333	393	259	357	224
		1121 Discharging a firearm	211	72	291	71	311	96	298	88	326	93	224	91	226	81	177	63	163	69	144	42	161	49
		1122 Possession of a firearm	373	299	374	291	434	348	424	371	424	368	457	403	421	378	415	365	294	264	249	217	196	175

	113	Offensive weapons offences (NEC)	1,284	1,237	1,423	1,362	1,708	1,640	2,201	2,141	2,577	2,506	2,979	2,922	2,983	2,925	3,040	2,987	2,628	2,562	2,302	2,257	2,188	2,143
		1131 Possession of offensive weapons
		(not firearms)	1,284	1,237	1,423	1,362	1,708	1,640	22,014	2,141	2,577	2,506	2,979	2,922	2,983	2,925	3,040	2,987	2,628	2,562	2,302	2,257	2,188	2,143

	114	Fireworks offences	0	0	0	0	0	0	35	28	242	167	306	213	388	242	426	264	320	198	253	162	146	91
		1141 Fireworks offences (for sale, igniting etc.)	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	35	28	242	167	306	213	388	242	426	264	320	198	253	162	146	91

1	Data not available prior to 2006.

Table 2 Incidents of Damage to property and to the environment (ICCS 12) recorded and detected, 2003-2013

			2003		2004		2005		2006		2007		2008		2009		2010		2011		2012		2013
			Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected


12	Damage to property and to the environment		34,030	7,218	37,047	6,987	39,728	7,371	43,582	8,986	43,284	9,786	44,626	9,873	42,330	9,406	39,369	9,111	35,574	8,052	32,428	7,065	28,913	6,459

	121	Criminal damage	33,943	7,150	36,941	6,905	39,600	7,280	43,447	8,895	43,084	9,667	44,348	9,725	42,119	9,294	39,151	8,988	35,361	7,960	32,146	6,983	28,698	6,389
		1211 Arson	1,418	246	1,505	241	1,413	261	1,641	351	1,998	394	2,155	437	3,024	482	2,588	430	2,325	422	2,155	344	1,948	294
		1212 Criminal damage (not arson)	32,525	6,904	35,436	6,664	38,187	7,019	41,806	8,544	41,086	9,273	42,193	9,288	39,095	8,812	36,563	8,558	33,036	7,538	29,991	6,639	26,750	6,095

	122	Environmental damage	87	68	106	82	128	91	135	91	200	119	278	148	211	112	218	123	213	92	282	82	215	70
		1221 Litter offences	87	68	106	82	128	91	135	91	200	119	278	148	211	112	218	123	213	92	282	82	215	70


Table 2 Incidents of Public order and other social code offences (ICCS 13) recorded and detected, 2003-2013

			2003		2004		2005		2006		2007		2008		2009		2010		2011		2012		2013
			Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected


13	Public order and other social code offences		45,160	40,726	47,788	41,089	55,479	45,920	56,615	50,516	60,583	55,391	61,820	57,722	57,351	53,890	54,941	51,600	49,060	46,003	43,861	40,976	36,453	3,436

	131	Disorderly conduct	37,667	35,930	38,230	36,570	42,430	40,624	47,235	45,066	51,197	49,206	53,419	51,287	49,469	48,067	47,346	46,117	42,137	41,084	37,359	36,374	30,854	30,015
		1311 Affray/Riot/Violent disorder	65	57	89	71	72	62	96	80	71	59	80	70	78	67	76	69	110	94	99	90	105	88
		1312 Public order offences	25,667	24,338	26,534	25,222	29,384	27,933	35,204	33,319	40,630	38,803	44,447	42,432	40,738	39,404	37,802	36,664	33,051	32,078	28,431	27,507	23,576	22,788
		1313 Drunkeness offences	11,918	11,522	11,582	11,257	12,948	12,606	11,877	11,616	10,476	10,328	8,851	8,753	8,608	8,554	9,425	9,343	8,951	8,893	8,810	8,763	7,154	7,123
		1314 Air rage - disruptive or drunken behaviour on aircraft	17	13	25	20	26	23	58	51	20	16	41	32	45	42	43	41	25	19	19	14	19	16

	132	Trespass offences	1,438	1,248	1,565	1,317	1,842	1,493	2,355	1,858	3,002	2,226	3,675	2,600	3,793	2,576	3,786	2,621	3,580	2,275	3,335	1,990	2,951	1,836
		1321 Forcible entry and occupation (not burglary)	15	5	8	3	3	0	2	1	22	8	21	10	16	7	5	2	8	3	6	1	7	4
		1322 Trespass on lands or enclosed areas	1,423	1,243	1,557	1,314	1,839	1,493	2,353	1,857	2,980	2,218	3,654	2,590	3,777	2,569	3,781	2,619	3,572	2,272	3,329	1,989	2,944	1,832

	133	Liquor licensing offences	4,363	2,024	6,687	2,067	9,684	2,416	5,708	2,433	5,036	2,776	3,844	3,126	3,285	2,590	2,826	2,143	2,341	1,818	1,918	1,558	1,374	1,131
		1331 Liquor licensing offences	4,334	2,018	6,649	2,053	9,607	2,395	5,680	2,422	5,014	2,770	3,749	3,050	2,827	2,175	2,030	1,427	1,640	1,202	1,158	878	889	724
		1332 Registered clubs offences	29	6	35	13	68	20	26	10	19	5	17	3	24	4	17	1	8	1	8	2	4	0
		1333 Special restaurant offences	0	0	3	1	9	1	2	1	3	1	15	14	0	0	3	3	8	5	4	4	0	0
		1334 Provision of Intoxicating liquor to under 18 year
		olds	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	4	3	66	55	76	65	68	60	99	91	50	41
		1335 Purchase or consumption of alcohol by under
		18 year olds	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	58	55	357	345	675	630	521	497	523	497	326	314
		1336 Sale of intoxicating liquor to under 18 year olds	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	1	1	11	11	25	17	96	53	126	86	105	52

	134	Prostitution offences	189	177	219	209	84	75	107	98	109	93	136	124	93	87	205	177	228	203	148	124	120	106
		1341 Brothel keeping	6	3	5	3	8	4	13	10	13	9	29	24	26	24	67	57	57	47	69	56	40	35
		1342 Organisation of prostitution	122	115	25	24	19	19	17	16	34	26	11	9	7	7	3	3	14	8	3	1	3	3
		1343 Prostitution, including soliciting etc.	61	59	189	182	57	52	77	72	62	58	96	91	60	56	135	117	157	148	76	67	77	68

	135	Regulated Betting/Money, collection/
		trading offences	304	288	317	283	373	343	417	370	538	509	415	360	452	403	429	312	299	253	294	254	326	271
		1351 Offences under the betting acts	9	6	3	3	10	7	5	3	4	3	20	6	6	3	8	5	6	2	9	3	16	14
		1352 Collecting money without permit,
		unauthorised collection	18	14	15	13	23	22	26	25	64	59	69	57	91	86	92	71	121	107	139	121	98	80
		1353 Offences under gaming and lotteries acts	7	5	35	14	11	7	39	17	29	20	55	38	83	58	101	38	35	24	21	19	64	49
		1354 Permit/License offences for casual/street
		trading	270	263	264	253	329	307	347	325	441	427	271	259	272	256	228	198	137	120	125	111	148	128

	136	Social code offences (NEC)	1,199	1,059	770	643	1,066	969	793	691	701	581	331	225	259	167	349	230	475	370	807	676	828	677
		1361 Bestiality	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1362 Indecency	232	103	191	73	171	83	185	108	162	82	177	79	180	89	247	131	205	108	184	75	215	103
		1363 Allowing a child (under 16 years) to beg	6	4	4	4	2	1	1	0	75	73	124	123	73	73	101	98	53	51	13	12	5	5
		1364 Bigamy	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	4	4	1	1	4	4	1	1	1	1
		1365 Begging	961	952	575	566	891	883	605	581	461	423	30	23	0	0	0	0	213	207	609	588	607	568

1	Data not available prior to 2008.

Table 2 Incidents of Road and traffic offences (NEC) (ICCS 14) recorded and detected, 2003-2013

			2003		2004		2005		2006		2007		2008		2009		2010		2011		2012		2013
			Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected


14	Road and traffic offences (NEC)		202,630	200,898	185,896	183,911	187,080	184,421	273,889	270,953	316,075	313,788	332,363	329,599	289,975	287,951	258,776	255,288	219,315	216,505	192,042	190,205	155,117	153,563

	141	Driving licence/Insurance offences	16,179	15,938	18,464	18,126	21,710	21,395	37,732	37,394	36,378	36,145	34,695	34,507	29,191	29,084	24,620	24,459	20,482	20,334	17,789	17,633	14,646	14,578
		1411 Driving licence-failure to have, produce, etc.	1,293	1,251	1,536	1,440	1,936	1,867	7,212	7,130	8,168	8,116	7,716	7,641	6,542	6,501	5,611	5,522	4,670	4,586	4,870	4,749	4,067	4,021
		1412 Insurance-failure to have, produce, display, etc.	14,886	14,687	16,928	16,686	19,774	19,528	30,520	30,264	28,210	28,029	26,979	26,866	22,649	22,583	19,009	18,937	15,812	15,748	12,919	12,884	10,579	10,557

	142	Tax/Registration offences	53,801	53,684	54,746	54,573	56,350	56,093	57,919	57,737	67,623	67,477	71,173	71,051	70,194	70,076	66,714	66,528	62,807	62,701	55,332	55,289	39,458	39,428
		1421 No tax, non-display of tax, unregistered vehicle etc.	53,790	53,674	54,741	54,568	56,342	56,085	57,907	57,725	67,613	67,467	71,161	71,040	70,170	70,052	66,693	66,507	62,788	62,683	55,312	55,269	39,444	39,417
		1422 Misuse of Trade Licence	11	10	5	5	8	8	12	12	10	10	12	11	24	24	21	21	19	18	20	20	14	11

	143	Roadworthiness/Regulatory offences	131,410	130,068	111,249	109,875	106,752	104,833	174,537	172,496	207,786	206,473	218,326	217,126	183,888	182,874	157,163	155,574	125,445	124,453	110,815	110,196	93,018	92,503
		1431 Misuse of trailers, weight and other offences	488	472	1,009	971	1,438	1,390	988	898	1,025	963	1,164	1,103	1,636	1,594	1,944	1,736	1,869	1,701	1,011	967	1,045	1,012
		1432 Obstruction under Road Traffic Acts	163	91	190	124	239	124	225	119	237	125	204	117	162	72	152	75	121	75	126	60	78	39
		1433 Other road offences	130,759	129,505	110,050	108,780	105,075	103,319	173,324	171,479	206,524	205,385	216,958	215,906	182,090	181,208	155,067	153,763	123,455	122,677	109,678	109,169	91,895	91,452

	144	Road transport/Public service vehicles offences	1,240	1,188	1,437	1,337	2,268	2,100	3,701	3,326	4,288	3,693	8,169	6,915	6,702	5,917	10,279	8,727	10,581	9,017	8,106	7,087	7,995	7,054
		1441 Road transport - carriage of goods offences	780	761	1,091	1,020	1,823	1,731	3,050	2,814	3,422	3,010	6,366	5,472	4,477	4,081	6,489	5,539	6,473	5,453	4,713	4,045	5,217	4,602
		1442 Public service vehicle offences	460	427	346	317	445	369	650	511	839	658	1,791	1,434	2,212	1,824	3,781	3,179	4,100	3,557	3,379	3,028	2,767	2,441
		1443 Light rail offences (Luas)	n/a¹	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1	1	27	25	12	9	13	12	9	9	8	7	14	14	11	11

1	Data not available prior to 2006.

Table 2 Incidents of Offences against Government, justice procedures and organisation of crime (ICCS 15) recorded and detected, 2003-2013

			2003		2004		2005		2006		2007		2008		2009		2010		2011		2012		2013
			Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected


15	Offences against Government, justice procedures and organisation of crime
			6,835	6,696	6,453	6,288	7,792	7,668	9,482	9,332	10,997	10,818	13,276	13,042	11,898	11,618	11,397	11,230	10,173	9,991	9,445	9,314	9,188	9,086

	151	Offences against Government and its agents	199	152	165	116	150	109	238	190	402	357	395	347	571	485	365	294	446	347	284	219	278	223
		1511 Treason	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1512 Breaches of offences against the State acts	70	48	51	34	61	36	73	58	65	50	69	55	50	39	48	32	87	60	59	49	42	30
		1513 Breaches of official secrets act	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0
		1514 Impersonating member of An Garda Síochána	3	1	1	1	4	4	13	8	8	5	12	12	47	14	28	15	18	6	28	10	22	9
		1515 Electoral offences including personation	0	0	3	2	2	2	0	0	6	5	1	1	16	9	1	1	22	7	3	1	0	0
		1516 Public mischief-annoying phone calls and
		wasting police time	112	89	97	67	73	57	108	80	89	68	98	66	116	84	111	75	130	90	94	59	99	71
		1517 Criminal assets bureau offences	1	1	4	3	2	2	2	2	7	6	6	5	7	7	2	1	3	3	3	3	1	1
		1518 Non compliance with Garda direction	12	12	9	9	8	8	42	42	227	223	209	208	335	332	174	169	185	180	97	97	113	112

	152	Organisation of crime and conspiracy
		to commit crime	11	4	16	12	5	1	19	16	10	9	12	7	5	3	18	16	22	21	6	5	4	2
		1521 Criminal organisation offences (organised crime)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	8	8	16	16	1	1	1	0
		1522 Conspiracy to commit a crime	11	4	16	12	5	1	19	16	9	8	8	7	5	3	10	8	6	5	5	4	3	2

	153	Perverting the course of justice	248	211	259	187	224	181	249	192	193	126	170	104	151	73	95	59	86	48	101	64	63	34
		1531 Perjury	2	2	2	2	6	6	5	5	4	4	6	5	5	5	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	3
		1532 Interfering with a jury (embracery)	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1533 Assisting offenders	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1534 Public mischief, pervert course of justice,
		conceal offence	245	208	257	185	218	175	243	187	186	120	161	96	146	68	93	57	84	46	99	62	59	31

	154	Offences while in custody and related offences	106	81	110	82	77	60	77	64	295	255	1,122	1,029	472	386	488	458	358	329	278	259	169	162
		1541 Escape or help to escape from custody	106	81	110	82	77	60	77	64	111	87	126	107	138	125	106	86	110	93	93	83	45	42
		1542 Prison offences	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	184	168	996	922	334	261	382	372	248	236	185	176	124	120

	155	Breach of justice/court order	6,271	6,248	5,903	5,891	7,336	7,317	8,899	8,870	10,097	10,071	11,577	11,555	10,699	10,671	10,431	10,403	9,261	9,246	8,776	8,767	8,674	8,665
		1551 Breach of domestic violence order (protection,
		safety, barring)	1,426	1,418	1,319	1,317	1,202	1,201	1,184	1,181	1,227	1,224	1,297	1,293	1,246	1,242	1,185	1,184	1,084	1,081	1,320	1,318	1,441	1,439
		1552 Breach of bail	2,950	2,946	2,664	2,662	3,138	3,135	4,087	4,080	5,600	5,594	7,260	7,254	7,654	7,643	7,823	7,810	6,952	6,945	6,799	6,794	6,617	6,612
		1553 Failure to comply under sex offenders act	0	0	1	1	10	10	17	16	16	16	16	16	24	22	50	47	59	59	49	49	39	39
		1554 Breach of order under family law act	53	46	128	124	133	125	87	77	97	85	55	51	24	20	19	16	22	20	15	13	10	9
		1555 Other failure to comply with court order,
		jury summons, warrant etc.	1,842	1,836	1,791	1,787	2,853	2,846	3,524	3,516	3,157	3,152	2,949	2,941	1,751	1,744	1,354	1,346	1,144	1,141	593	593	567	566



Table 2 Incidents of Offences not elsewhere classified (ICCS 16) recorded and detected, 2003-2013

			2003		2004		2005		2006		2007		2008		2009		2010		2011		2012		2013
			Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected


16	Offences not elsewhere classified		1,759	1,212	1,801	1,176	2,232	1,316	2,593	1,762	2,996	1,962	3,505	2,420	3,375	2,271	3,342	2,082	2,779	1,428	2,953	1,524	2,682	1,237

	161	Importation/Control/Welfare of animals
		offences	755	333	632	305	657	297	797	369	1,331	481	1,581	685	1,745	751	1,933	774	1,957	690	1,996	647	2,037	652
		1611 Illegal importation of animals	35	35	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1612 Control of horses offences	113	22	106	44	89	30	109	31	154	32	258	71	484	142	672	154	748	119	652	78	791	96
		1613 Dog ownership offences (licence, control etc)	341	122	317	144	353	147	471	202	903	315	978	448	923	445	929	446	912	417	1,076	448	930	416
		1614 Offences against animals	266	154	209	117	214	119	217	136	274	134	345	166	337	164	332	174	297	154	268	121	316	140

	162	Fisheries/Maritime offences	55	51	42	38	61	59	40	35	57	49	51	45	36	28	26	25	32	25	28	27	35	31
		1621 Breaches of EU fishing quota and related
		EU regulation	55	51	42	38	61	59	40	35	56	48	45	40	35	28	19	18	27	21	27	27	33	30
		1622 Merchant shipping /maritime safety offences	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	5	1	0	7	7	5	4	1	0	2	1

	163	Use of data, electronic counterfeit and broadcasting
		Use of data, electronic counterfeit and broadcasting	59	46	84	71	94	71	94	77	109	93	129	87	68	52	63	29	40	14	48	16	48	16
		1631 Unauthorised accessing of data	10	5	1	0	2	1	6	2	23	18	7	1	3	0	27	7	25	2	35	7	37	7
		1632 Recording, possession or distribution of
		conterfeit material	30	27	64	57	69	60	75	67	81	70	116	81	64	52	34	21	14	12	8	6	10	8
		1633 Unauthorised broadcasting and illegal signal
		reception	19	14	19	14	23	10	13	8	5	5	6	5	1	0	2	1	1	0	5	3	1	1

	164	Miscellaneous offences	890	782	1,043	762	1,420	889	1,662	1,281	1,499	1,339	1,744	1,603	1,526	1,440	1,320	1,254	750	699	881	834	562	538
		1641 Abortion	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1642 Procuring or assisting in abortion	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1643 Concealment of birth	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1644 Destroying /Disposing of a dead body	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
		1645 Pawnbroking offences	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1646 Offences in connection with rail travel	40	34	38	31	45	43	43	39	62	52	56	48	34	32	47	43	36	34	37	29	29	23
		1647 Employment permit offences
		(relating to non-Irish national)	21	21	36	34	42	40	26	25	17	17	17	16	20	18	19	19	32	32	31	31	13	13
		1648 Immigration offences/carrier liability	829	727	966	697	1,331	806	1,592	1,216	1,419	1,270	1,669	1,538	1,463	1,385	1,248	1,187	678	629	805	768	519	501
		1649 Private security services act 2004	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	n/a¹	8	5	6	5	3	3	8	6	1	1

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Table 3 Incidents of offences recorded, detected, with relevant proceedings and court outcomes, 2013

ICCS offence group						With	Court		Pending
						relevant	proceedings		(incl. appeals	Non-
				Recorded	Detected	proceedings	commenced	Conviction¹	allowed)	conviction


01	Homicide offences			83	70	53	53	23	24	6

	011	Murder/Manslaughter/Infanticide		55	42	33	33	15	18	0
		0111	Murder	52	40	31	31	14	17	0
		0112	Manslaughter	3	2	2	2	1	1	0
		0113	Infanticide	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	012	Dangerous driving leading to death		28	28	20	20	8	6	6
		0121	Manslaughter (traffic fatality)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		0122	Dangerous driving causing death	28	28	20	20	8	6	6

02	Sexual offences			2,010	1,030	297	287	80	176	31

	021	Rape and sexual assault		1,884	966	280	271	72	171	28
		0211	Rape of a male or female	451	260	58	56	6	46	4
		0212	Defilement of a boy or girl less than 17 years old	93	43	7	7	5	2	0
		0213	Sexual offence involving mentally impaired person	10	2	0	0	0	0	0
		0214	Aggravated sexual assault	10	7	3	3	1	2	0
		0215	Sexual assault (not aggravated)	1,320	654	212	205	60	121	24

	022	Other sexual offences		126	64	17	16	8	5	3
		0221	Incest	4	4	0	0	0	0	0
		0222	Child pornography offences	115	56	14	13	8	3	2
		0223	Child pornography - obstruction of warrant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		0224	Gross indecency	7	4	3	3	0	2	1

03	Attempts/Threats to murder, assaults, harassments and related offences
				14,502	8,969	4,237	4,167	1,385	874	1,908

	031	Attempts/Threats to murder		355	216	83	83	41	22	20
		0311	Murder-attempt	13	3	3	3	2	1	0
		0312	Murder-threat	342	213	80	80	39	21	20

	032	Assaults		12,644	8,304	4,032	3,963	1,302	807	1,854
		0321	Assault causing harm	3,086	2,338	1,512	1,488	564	423	501
		0322	Poisoning	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
		0323	Assault or obstruction of Garda/official, resisting arrest	261	251	165	160	90	31	39
		0324	Minor assault	9,294	5,714	2,355	2,315	648	353	1,314

	033	Harassment and related offences		1,503	449	122	121	42	45	34
		0331	Harassment, stalking, threats	554	266	88	87	28	36	23
		0332	Coercion	8	5	5	5	4	1	0
		0333	Menacing phone calls	902	167	25	25	10	5	10
		0334	Incitement to hatred offences	13	4	1	1	0	1	0
		0335	Demanding payment of debt causing alarm	26	7	3	3	0	2	1

04	Dangerous or negligent acts			249,006	248,016	42,556	38,776	12,406	650	25,720

	041	Dangerous or negligent operation of a vehicle		248,544	247,719	42,448	38,669	12,361	622	25,686
		0411	Dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm	12	11	10	10	5	3	2
		0412	Driving/In charge of a vehicle while over legal alcohol limit	6,915	6,560	5,452	5,395	3,734	361	1,300
		0413	Driving/In charge of a vehicle under the influence of drugs	271	270	222	222	127	17	78
		0414	Dangerous/careless driving and motorway offences	31,165	30,703	3,015	2,817	1,426	182	1,209
		0415	Speeding	210,181	210,175	33,749	30,225	7,069	59	23,097

	042	Other dangerous or negligent acts		462	297	108	107	45	28	34
		0421	Endangerment with potential for serious harm/death	68	41	22	22	9	8	5
		0422	Abandoning a child, child neglect and cruelty	225	136	22	21	4	14	3
		0423	Unseaworthy/Dangerous use of boat or ship	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
		0424	False alarm/Interference with aircraft or air transport facilities	4	3	1	1	0	0	1
		0425	Endangering traffic offences	163	116	63	63	32	6	25

05	Kidnapping and related offences			103	65	28	28	12	8	8

	051	False imprisonment, abduction		103	65	28	28	12	8	8
		0511	False Imprisonment	81	53	27	27	12	8	7
		0512	Abduction of person under 16 years of age	6	3	1	1	0	0	1
		0513	Human trafficking offences	16	9	0	0	0	0	0

06	Robbery, extortion and hijacking offences			2,806	1,144	792	787	457	231	99

	061	Robbery		2,715	1,101	765	760	442	223	95
		0611	Robbery of an establishment or institution	989	471	349	346	207	110	29
		0612	Robbery of cash or goods in transit	39	17	8	8	2	6	0
		0613	Robbery from the person	1,687	613	408	406	233	107	66

	062	Extortion offences		25	13	7	7	3	2	2
		0621		25	13	7	7	3	2	2

	063	Hijacking offences		66	30	20	20	12	6	2
		0631	Carjacking, hijacking/unlawful seizure of aircraft/vessel	66	30	20	20	12	6	2

07	Burglary and related offences			26,218	5,355	3,461	3,392	2,063	617	712

	071	Burglary		26,218	5,355	3,461	3,392	2,063	617	712
		0711	Aggravated burglary	297	122	78	77	32	37	8
		0712	Burglary (not aggravated)	25,241	4,561	2,896	2,838	1,806	500	532
		0713	Possession of an article (with intent to burgle, steal, demand)	680	672	487	477	225	80	172

08	Theft and related offences			78,737	26,316	15,161	14,790	7,792	2,414	4,584

	081	Theft/Taking of vehicle and related offences		7,368	1,259	806	786	482	111	193
		0811	Theft/Unauthorised taking of vehicle	5,726	948	586	575	357	80	138
		0812	Interfering with vehicle (with intent to steal item or vehicle)	1,642	311	220	211	125	31	55

	082	Theft (not vehicle)		69,755	23,448	13,299	12,969	6,824	2,128	4,017
		0821	Theft from person	6,518	1,059	780	767	377	208	182
		0822	Theft from shop	20,577	16,006	9,055	8,830	4,568	1,350	2,912
		0823	Theft from vehicle	14,593	1,641	929	912	579	128	205
		0824	Theft/Unauthorised taking of a pedal cycle	5,912	537	245	235	127	34	74
		0826	Theft of, or interference with mail	64	9	5	5	3	1	1
		0827	Theft of other property	22,091	4,196	2,285	2,220	1,170	407	643

	083	Handling stolen property		1,614	1,609	1,056	1,035	486	175	374
		0831	Handling or possession of stolen property	1,614	1,609	1,056	1,035	486	175	374

09	Fraud, deception and related offences			4,825	2,027	1,192	1,159	575	257	327

	091	Fraud, forgery and false instrument offences		4,427	1,812	1,086	1,057	523	247	287
		0911	Fraud, deception, false pretence offences	3,276	1,131	657	642	306	191	145
		0912	Forging an instrument to defraud	1,074	646	411	397	208	52	137
		0913	Possession of an article for use in fraud, deception or extortion	65	30	15	15	8	2	5
		0914	Falsification of accounts	10	4	2	2	0	2	0
		0915	Offences under the Companies Act	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
		0916	Offences under the Investment Intermediaries Act	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
		0917	Offences under the Stock Exchange Act	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	092	Other fraud		105	78	39	38	21	3	14
		0921	Money laundering	10	8	2	2	0	2	0
		0922	Embezzlement	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		0923	Fraud against the European Union	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		0924	Importation/Sale/Supply of tobacco offences	95	70	37	36	21	1	14

	093	Counterfeiting currency and related offences		288	135	66	63	31	6	26
		0931	Counterfeiting notes and coins	198	93	44	43	19	5	19
		0932	Counterfeiting of goods	90	42	22	20	12	1	7

	094	Corruption		5	2	1	1	0	1	0
		0941	Corruption (involving public office holder)	5	2	1	1	0	1	0

10	Controlled drug offences			15,372	15,183	10,246	9,884	3,609	1,036	5,239

	101	Importation /Manufacture of drugs		434	419	294	288	159	53	76
		1011	Importation of drugs	44	39	30	30	24	5	1
		1012	Cultivation or manufacture of drugs	390	380	264	258	135	48	75

	102	Possession of drugs		14,449	14,283	9,645	9,304	3,326	944	5,034
		1021	Possession of drugs for sale or supply	3,261	3,245	2,462	2,378	1,204	464	710
		1022	Possession of drugs for personal use	11,188	11,038	7,183	6,926	2,122	480	4,324

	103	Other drug offences		489	481	307	292	124	39	129
		1031	Forged or altered prescription offences	105	104	69	66	20	10	36
		1032	Obstruction under the drugs act	384	377	238	226	104	29	93

11	Weapons and explosives offences			2,750	2,477	1,535	1,496	742	206	548

	111	Explosives, chemical weapons offences		59	18	7	7	3	3	1
		1111	Causing an explosion	28	5	3	3	1	1	1
		1112	Making of explosives	6	1	0	0	0	0	0
		1113	Possession of explosives	25	12	4	4	2	2	0
		1114	Chemical weapons offences	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	112	Firearms offences		357	224	115	113	51	29	33
		1121	Discharging a firearm	161	49	25	25	9	10	6
		1122	Possession of a firearm	196	175	90	88	42	19	27

	113	Offensive weapons offences (NEC)		2,188	2,144	1,399	1,362	680	172	510
		1131	Possession of offensive weapons (not firearms)	2,188	2,144	1,399	1,362	680	172	510

	114	Fireworks offences		146	91	14	14	8	2	4
		1141	Fireworks offences (for sale, igniting etc)	146	91	14	14	8	2	4

12	Damage to property and to the environment			28,913	6,462	3,098	3,000	1,269	447	1,284

	121	Criminal damage		28,698	6,392	3,070	2,972	1,258	445	1,269
		1211	Arson	1,948	294	116	115	49	33	33
		1212	Criminal damage (not arson)	26,750	6,098	2,954	2,857	1,209	412	1,236

	122	Environmental damage		215	70	28	28	11	2	15
		1221	Litter offences	215	70	28	28	11	2	15

13	Public order and other social code offences			36,453	34,044	15,813	15,246	8,188	1,237	5,821

	131	Disorderly conduct		30,854	30,016	14,022	13,513	7,367	1,063	5,083
		1311	Affray/Riot/Violent disorder	105	88	65	64	34	13	17
		1312	Public order offences	23,576	22,788	11,549	11,185	6,004	915	4,266
		1313	Drunkeness offences	7,154	7,124	2,402	2,258	1,327	135	796
		1314	Air rage - disruptive or drunken behaviour on aircraft	19	16	6	6	2	0	4

	132	Trespass offences		2,951	1,836	996	966	472	98	396
		1321	Forcible entry and occupation (not burglary)	7	4	1	1	0	0	1
		1322	Trespass on lands or enclosed areas	2,944	1,832	995	965	472	98	395

	133	Liquor licensing offences		1,374	1,138	369	365	180	11	174
		1331	Liquor licensing offences	889	731	300	297	164	5	128
		1332	Registered clubs offences	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1333	Special restaurant offences	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1334	Provision of Intoxicating Liquor to Under 18 Year Olds	50	41	23	23	5	6	12
		1335	Purchase or consumption of alcohol by under 18 year olds	326	314	6	5	2	0	3
		1336	Sale of Intoxicating Liquor to Under 18 Year Olds	105	52	40	40	9	0	31

	134	Prostitution offences		120	106	49	49	14	5	30
		1341	Brothel keeping	40	35	15	15	10	2	3
		1342	Organisation of prostitution	3	3	3	3	0	2	1
		1343	Prostitution, including soliciting etc	77	68	31	31	4	1	26

	135	Regulated betting/Money, collection/trading offences		326	271	102	97	47	6	44
		1351	Offences under the betting acts	16	14	10	10	4	1	5
		1352	Collecting money without permit, unauthorised collection	98	80	32	30	16	1	13
		1353	Offences under Gaming and Lotteries Acts	64	49	18	17	6	2	9
		1354	Permit/License offences for casual/street trading	148	128	42	40	21	2	17

	136	Social code offences (NEC)		828	677	275	256	108	54	94
		1361	Bestiality	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1362	Indecency	215	103	53	51	11	18	22
		1363	Allowing a child (under 16 years) to beg	5	5	4	3	2	0	1
		1364	Bigamy	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
		1365	Begging	607	568	218	202	95	36	71

14	Road and traffic offences (NEC)			155,117	153,563	67,774	65,338	22,419	1,044	41,875

	141	Driving licence/insurance offences		14,646	14,578	11,262	10,945	3,484	205	7,256
		1411	Driving licence-failure to have, produce, etc	4,067	4,021	2,961	2,928	844	14	2,070
		1412	Insurance-failure to have, produce, display, etc	10,579	10,557	8,301	8,017	2,640	191	5,186

	142	Tax/Registration offences		39,458	39,428	12,856	11,963	3,583	23	8,357
		1421	No tax, non-display of tax, unregistered vehicle etc	39,444	39,417	12,854	11,961	3,582	23	8,356
		1422	Misuse of trade licence	14	11	2	2	1	0	1

	143	Roadworthiness/Regulatory offences		93,018	92,503	41,262	40,082	14,630	727	24,725
		1431	Misuse of trailers, weight and other offences	1,045	1,012	336	330	154	1	175
		1432	Obstruction under Road Traffic Acts	78	39	15	15	5	0	10
		1433	Other road offences	91,895	91,452	40,911	39,737	14,471	726	24,540

	144	Road transport/public service vehicles offences		7,995	7,054	2,394	2,348	722	89	1,537
		1441	Road transport - carriage of goods offences	5,217	4,602	1,803	1,772	574	60	1,138
		1442	Public service vehicle offences	2,767	2,441	586	571	145	29	397
		1443	Light rail offences (Luas)	11	11	5	5	3	0	2

15	Offences against Government, justice procedures and organisation of crime
				9,188	9,086	4,539	4,458	2,352	523	1,583

	151	Offences against Government and its agents		278	223	102	101	27	8	66
		1511	Treason	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1512	Breaches of offences against the State Acts	42	30	6	5	3	0	2
		1513	Breaches of Official Secrets Act	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1514	Impersonating member of An Garda Síochána	22	9	4	4	1	2	1
		1515	Electoral offences including personation	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1516	Public mischief-annoying phone calls and wasting police time	99	71	31	31	14	6	11
		1517	Criminal assets bureau offences	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
		1518	Non compliance with Garda direction	113	112	60	60	8	0	52

	152	Organisation of crime and conspiracy to commit crime		4	2	0	0	0	0	0
		1521	Criminal organisation offences (organised crime)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1522	Conspiracy to commit a crime	3	2	0	0	0	0	0

	153	Perverting the course of justice		63	34	12	11	6	1	4
		1531	Perjury	4	3	1	1	1	0	0
		1532	Interfering with a jury (embracery)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1533	Assisting offenders	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1534	Public mischief, pervert course of justice, conceal offence	59	31	11	10	5	1	4

	154	Offences while in custody and related offences		169	162	74	68	47	7	14
		1541	Escape or help to escape from custody	45	42	16	16	12	3	1
		1542	Prison offences	124	120	58	52	35	4	13

	155	Breach of justice/court order		8,674	8,665	4,351	4,278	2,272	507	1,499
		1551	Breach of Domestic Violence Order (protection, safety, barring)	1,441	1,439	1,191	1,185	350	101	734
		1552	Breach of bail	6,617	6,612	2,964	2,900	1,801	389	710
		1553	Failure to comply under Sex Offenders Act	39	39	35	35	23	2	10
		1554	Breach of Order under Family Law Act	10	9	0	0	0	0	0
		1555	Other failure to comply with court order, jury summons, warrant etc.	567	566	161	158	98	15	45

16	Offences not elsewhere classified			2,682	1,237	396	385	150	40	195

	161	Importation/Control/Welfare of animals offences		2,037	652	256	253	103	14	136
		1611	Illegal importation of animals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1612	Control of horses offences	791	96	27	25	11	1	13
		1613	Dog ownership offences (licence, control etc)	930	416	153	153	57	8	88
		1614	Offences against animals	316	140	76	75	35	5	35

	162	Fisheries/Maritime offences		35	31	15	13	2	10	1
		1621	Breaches of EU fishing quota and related EU regulation	33	30	15	13	2	10	1
		1622	Merchant shipping/Maritime safety offences	2	1	0	0	0	0	0

	163	Use of data, electronic counterfeit and broadcasting		48	16	6	6	0	0	6
		1631	Unauthorised accessing of data	37	7	1	1	0	0	1
		1632	Recording, possession or distribution of counterfeit material	10	8	5	5	0	0	5
		1633	Unauthorised broadcasting and illegal signal reception	1	1	0	0	0	0	0

	164	Miscellaneous offences		562	538	119	113	45	16	52
		1641	Abortion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1642	Procuring or assisting in abortion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1643	Concealment of birth	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1644	Destroying/Disposing of a dead body	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1645	Pawnbroking offences	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1646	Offences in connection with rail travel	29	23	8	8	3	2	3
		1647	Employment permit offences (relating to non-Irish national)	13	13	2	2	1	0	1
		1648	Immigration offences/carrier liability	519	501	109	103	41	14	48
		1649	Private Security Services Act 2004	1	1	0	0	0	0	0

1	Includes Conviction, Proved and order made without conviction, Probation of Offenders Act.

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			Total	Male					Total	Female					Total	All Persons
			Males	Under 18	18-24	25-44	45+	Unavailable	Females	Under 18	18-24	25-44	45+	Unavailable	Persons	Under 18	18-24	25-44	45+	Unavailable

01	Homicide offences		25	0	7	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	0	7	16	2	0

	011 Murder/Manslaughter/Infanticide		17	0	5	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0	5	11	1	0
		0111 Murder	16	0	5	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	5	10	1	0
		0112 Manslaughter	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
		0113 Infanticide	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	012	Dangerous driving leading to death	8	0	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	2	5	1	0
		0121 Manslaughter (traffic fatality)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		0122 Dangerous driving causing death	8	0	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	2	5	1	0

02	Sexual offences		80	0	12	37	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	80	0	12	37	31	0

	021	Rape and sexual assault	72	0	11	33	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	72	0	11	33	28	0
		0211 Rape of a male or female	6	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	6	0	0
		0212 Defilement of a boy or girl less than 17 years old	5	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	3	1	0
		0213 Sexual offence involving mentally impaired person	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		0214 Aggravated sexual assault	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
		0215 Sexual assault (not aggravated)	60	0	9	24	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	60	0	9	24	27	0

	022	Other sexual offences	8	0	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	4	3	0
		0221 Incest	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		0222 Child pornography offences	8	0	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	4	3	0
		0223 Child pornography - obstruction of warrant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		0224 Gross indecency	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

03	Attempts/Threats to murder, assaults, harassments and related offences		1,316	96	499	580	141	0	175	7	58	102	8	0	1,491	103	557	682	149	0

	031	Attempts/Threats to murder	41	5	11	23	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	42	5	11	24	2	0
		0311 Murder-attempt	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0
		0312 Murder-threat	39	5	10	22	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	40	5	10	23	2	0

	032	Assaults	1,237	91	482	537	127	0	171	7	57	99	8	0	1,408	98	539	636	135	0
		0321 Assault causing harm	562	46	258	214	44	0	60	1	25	31	3	0	622	47	283	245	47	0
		0322 Poisoning	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		0323 Assault or obstruction of Garda/official, resisting arrest	81	9	30	37	5	0	19	0	9	10	0	0	100	9	39	47	5	0
		0324 Minor assault	594	36	194	286	78	0	92	6	23	58	5	0	686	42	217	344	83	0

	033	Harassment and related offences	38	0	6	20	12	0	3	0	1	2	0	0	41	0	7	22	12	0
		0331 Harassment, stalking, threats	25	0	4	13	8	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	27	0	4	15	8	0
		0332 Coercion	3	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	3	0	1	0
		0333 Menacing phone calls	10	0	0	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	7	3	0
		0334 Incitement to hatred offences	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		0335 Demanding payment of debt causing alarm	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

04	Dangerous or negligent acts		6,195	42	1,386	3,409	1,326	32	1,232	0	228	665	327	12	7,427	42	1,614	4,074	1,653	44

	041	Dangerous or negligent operation of a vehicle	6,156	38	1,376	3,388	1,322	32	1,225	0	228	659	326	12	7,381	38	1,604	4,047	1,648	44
		0411 Dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm	5	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	3	0	0
		0412 Driving/In charge of a vehicle while over legal alcohol limit	3,107	3	640	1,714	750	0	630	0	112	327	191	0	3,737	3	752	2,041	941	0
		0413 Driving/In charge of a vehicle under the influence of drugs	117	1	54	57	5	0	10	0	5	3	2	0	127	1	59	60	7	0
		0414 Dangerous/careless driving and motorway offences	1,238	33	464	562	177	2	182	0	44	83	55	0	1,420	33	508	645	232	2
		0415 Speeding	1,689	1	216	1,052	390	30	403	0	67	246	78	12	2,092	1	283	1,298	468	42

	042	Other dangerous or negligent acts	39	4	10	21	4	0	7	0	0	6	1	0	46	4	10	27	5	0
		0421 Endangerment with potential for serious harm/death	7	2	2	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	9	2	2	5	0	0
		0422 Abandoning a child, child neglect and cruelty	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	1	0	5	0	1	3	1	0
		0423 Unseaworthy/Dangerous use of boat or ship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		0424 False alarm/Interference with aircraft or air transport facilities	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		0425 Endangering traffic offences	31	2	7	18	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	32	2	7	19	4	0

05	Kidnapping and related offences		11	1	5	4	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	13	2	5	5	1	0

	051	False imprisonment, abduction	11	1	5	4	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	13	2	5	5	1	0
		0511 False Imprisonment	11	1	5	4	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	13	2	5	5	1	0
		0512 Abduction of person under 16 years of age	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		0513 Human trafficking offences	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

06	Robbery, extortion and hijacking offences		492	74	161	242	15	0	44	1	12	30	1	0	536	75	173	272	16	0

	061	Robbery	474	72	153	235	14	0	44	1	12	30	1	0	518	73	165	265	15	0
		0611 Robbery of an establishment or institution	226	11	56	147	12	0	10	0	3	7	0	0	236	11	59	154	12	0
		0612 Robbery of cash or goods in transit	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0
		0613 Robbery from the person	246	61	97	86	2	0	34	1	9	23	1	0	280	62	106	109	3	0

	062	Extortion offences	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	0
		0621 Blackmail or extortion	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	0

	063	Hijacking offences	15	2	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	2	8	5	0	0
		0631 Carjacking, hijacking/unlawful seizure of aircraft/vessel	15	2	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	2	8	5	0	0

07	Burglary and related offences		2,174	231	779	1,090	74	0	144	4	36	98	6	0	2,318	235	815	1,188	80	0

	071	Burglary	2,174	231	779	1,090	74	0	144	4	36	98	6	0	2,318	235	815	1,188	80	0
		0711 Aggravated burglary	42	4	14	19	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	43	4	15	19	5	0
		0712 Burglary (not aggravated)	1,893	211	680	951	51	0	128	3	34	85	6	0	2,021	214	714	1,036	57	0
		0713 Possession of an article (with intent to burgle, steal, demand)	239	16	85	120	18	0	15	1	1	13	0	0	254	17	86	133	18	0

08	Theft and related offences		5,949	383	1,742	3,330	485	9	2,413	30	703	1,501	179	0	8,362	413	2,445	4,831	664	9

	081	Theft/Taking of vehicle and related offences	535	82	272	171	10	0	26	2	9	15	0	0	561	84	281	186	10	0
		0811 Theft/Unauthorised taking of vehicle.	401	66	208	119	8	0	21	2	8	11	0	0	422	68	216	130	8	0
		0812 Interfering with vehicle (with intent to steal item or vehicle)	134	16	64	52	2	0	5	0	1	4	0	0	139	16	65	56	2	0

	082	Theft (not vehicle)	4,991	276	1,337	2,920	449	9	2,294	28	670	1,420	176	0	7,285	304	2,007	4,340	625	9
		0821 Theft from person	310	29	86	180	15	0	118	2	35	77	4	0	428	31	121	257	19	0
		0822 Theft from shop	2,961	130	619	1,873	331	8	1,845	19	528	1,150	148	0	4,806	149	1,147	3,023	479	8
		0823 Theft from vehicle	624	40	284	294	6	0	18	1	8	8	1	0	642	41	292	302	7	0
		0824 Theft/Unauthorised taking of a pedal cycle	135	38	48	45	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	136	38	49	45	4	0
		0826 Theft of, or interference with mail	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	0	0
		0827 Theft of other property	958	39	298	527	93	1	312	6	98	185	23	0	1,270	45	396	712	116	1

	083	Handling stolen property	423	25	133	239	26	0	93	0	24	66	3	0	516	25	157	305	29	0
		0831 Handling or possession of stolen property	423	25	133	239	26	0	93	0	24	66	3	0	516	25	157	305	29	0

09	Fraud, deception and related offences		477	3	111	291	71	1	131	0	24	89	18	0	608	3	135	380	89	1

	091	Fraud, forgery and false instrument offences	439	3	102	265	68	1	111	0	22	76	13	0	550	3	124	341	81	1
		0911 Fraud, deception, false pretence offences	242	3	70	132	37	0	84	0	16	57	11	0	326	3	86	189	48	0
		0912 Forging an instrument to defraud	186	0	31	127	27	1	27	0	6	19	2	0	213	0	37	146	29	1
		0913 Possession of an article for use in fraud, deception or extortion	10	0	1	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	6	3	0
		0914 Falsification of accounts	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		0915 Offences under the Companies Act	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
		0916 Offences under the Investment Intermediaries Act	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		0917 Offences under the Stock Exchange Act	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	092	Other fraud	11	0	4	6	1	0	13	0	2	6	5	0	24	0	6	12	6	0
		0921 Money laundering	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		0922 Embezzlement	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		0923 Fraud against the European Union	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		0924 Importation/Sale/Supply of tobacco offences	11	0	4	6	1	0	13	0	2	6	5	0	24	0	6	12	6	0

	093	Counterfeiting currency and related offences	27	0	5	20	2	0	7	0	0	7	0	0	34	0	5	27	2	0
		0931 Counterfeiting notes and coins	18	0	3	15	0	0	4	0	0	4	0	0	22	0	3	19	0	0
		0932 Counterfeiting of goods	9	0	2	5	2	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	12	0	2	8	2	0

	094	Corruption	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		0941 Corruption (involving public office holder)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

10	Controlled drug offences		3,378	56	1,385	1,772	164	1	289	1	95	171	22	0	3,667	57	1,480	1,943	186	1

	101	Importation/Manufacture of drugs	147	0	18	99	30	0	19	0	1	12	6	0	166	0	19	111	36	0
		1011 Importation of drugs	21	0	4	14	3	0	3	0	0	1	2	0	24	0	4	15	5	0
		1012 Cultivation or manufacture of drugs	126	0	14	85	27	0	16	0	1	11	4	0	142	0	15	96	31	0

	102	Possession of drugs	3,117	55	1,321	1,615	125	1	259	1	91	151	16	0	3,376	56	1,412	1,766	141	1
		1021 Possession of drugs for sale or supply	1,120	16	406	631	66	1	117	0	32	74	11	0	1,237	16	438	705	77	1
		1022 Possession of drugs for personal use	1,997	39	915	984	59	0	142	1	59	77	5	0	2,139	40	974	1,061	64	0

	103	Other drug offences	114	1	46	58	9	0	11	0	3	8	0	0	125	1	49	66	9	0
		1031 Forged or altered prescription offences	15	0	5	10	0	0	6	0	1	5	0	0	21	0	6	15	0	0
		1032 Obstruction under the Drugs Act	99	1	41	48	9	0	5	0	2	3	0	0	104	1	43	51	9	0

11	Weapons and explosives offences		723	36	274	371	42	0	32	0	10	22	0	0	755	36	284	393	42	0

	111	Explosives, chemical weapons offences	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	0	0
		1111 Causing an explosion	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
		1112 Making of explosives	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1113 Possession of explosives	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
		1114 Chemical weapons offences	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	112	Firearms offences	52	0	14	32	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	52	0	14	32	6	0
		1121 Discharging a firearm	9	0	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	7	1	0
		1122 Possession of a firearm	43	0	13	25	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	0	13	25	5	0

	113	Offensive weapons offences (NEC)	659	36	254	335	34	0	32	0	10	22	0	0	691	36	264	357	34	0
		1131 Possession of offensive weapons (not firearms)	659	36	254	335	34	0	32	0	10	22	0	0	691	36	264	357	34	0

	114	Fireworks offences	9	0	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	4	3	2	0
		1141 Fireworks Offences (for sale, igniting etc.)	9	0	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	4	3	2	0

12	Damage to property and to the environment		1,249	181	456	508	104	0	67	0	18	37	12	0	1,316	181	474	545	116	0

	121	Criminal damage	1,238	180	454	501	103	0	67	0	18	37	12	0	1,305	180	472	538	115	0
		1211 Arson	52	17	16	18	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	54	17	16	19	2	0
		1212 Criminal damage (not arson)	1,186	163	438	483	102	0	65	0	18	36	11	0	1,251	163	456	519	113	0

	122	Environmental damage	11	1	2	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	1	2	7	1	0
		1221 Litter offences	11	1	2	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	1	2	7	1	0

13	Public order and other social code offences		7,713	281	2,519	3,787	1,125	1	963	12	259	570	121	1	8,676	293	2,778	4,357	1,246	2

	131	Disorderly conduct	6,924	234	2,303	3,394	992	1	814	9	204	502	98	1	7,738	243	2,507	3,896	1,090	2
		1311 Affray/Riot/Violent disorder	82	4	43	32	3	0	13	0	3	9	1	0	95	4	46	41	4	0
		1312 Public order offences	5,624	201	1,976	2,747	700	0	665	9	181	408	66	1	6,289	210	2,157	3,155	766	1
		1313 Drunkeness offences	1,217	29	284	615	288	1	134	0	20	84	30	0	1,351	29	304	699	318	1
		1314 Air rage - disruptive or drunken behaviour on aircraft	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	2	0

	132	Trespass offences	505	40	174	267	24	0	42	0	17	24	1	0	547	40	191	291	25	0
		1321 Forcible entry and occupation (not burglary)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1322 Trespass on lands or enclosed areas	505	40	174	267	24	0	42	0	17	24	1	0	547	40	191	291	25	0

	133	Liquor licensing offences	165	2	12	72	79	0	30	0	4	11	15	0	195	2	16	83	94	0
		1331 Liquor licensing offences	151	0	12	68	71	0	29	0	4	11	14	0	180	0	16	79	85	0
		1332 Registered clubs offences	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1333 Special restaurant offences	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1334 Provision of Intoxicating Liquor to under 18 year olds	5	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	3	0
		1335 Purchase or consumption of alcohol by under 18 year olds	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
		1336 Sale of Intoxicating Liquor to Under 18 Year Olds	7	0	0	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	2	6	0

	134	Prostitution offences	3	0	1	2	0	0	20	0	10	10	0	0	23	0	11	12	0	0
		1341 Brothel keeping	2	0	1	1	0	0	17	0	7	10	0	0	19	0	8	11	0	0
		1342 Organisation of prostitution	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1343 Prostitution, including soliciting etc.	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	4	0	3	1	0	0

	135	Regulated Betting/Money, collection/trading offences	40	3	4	18	15	0	18	1	5	10	2	0	58	4	9	28	17	0
		1351 Offences under the Betting Acts	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	4	0
		1352 Collecting money without permit, unauthorised collection	14	3	3	8	0	0	8	1	2	5	0	0	22	4	5	13	0	0
		1353 Offences under Gaming and Lotteries Acts	6	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	3	3	0
		1354 Permit/License offences for casual/street trading	17	0	1	7	9	0	9	0	3	5	1	0	26	0	4	12	10	0

	136	Social code offences (NEC)	76	2	25	34	15	0	39	2	19	13	5	0	115	4	44	47	20	0
		1361 Bestiality	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1362 Indecency	14	0	0	6	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	6	8	0
		1363 Allowing a child (under 16 years) to beg	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
		1364 Bigamy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1365 Begging	62	2	25	28	7	0	37	2	17	13	5	0	99	4	42	41	12	0

14	Road and traffic offences (NEC)		15,319	69	4,228	8,371	2,555	96	4,237	0	947	2,632	620	38	19,556	69	5,175	11,003	3,175	134

	141	Driving licence/insurance offences	2,717	17	856	1,459	377	8	781	0	198	492	91	0	3,498	17	1,054	1,951	468	8
		1411 Driving licence-failure to have, produce, etc.	627	8	222	292	103	2	219	0	60	130	29	0	846	8	282	422	132	2
		1412 Insurance-failure to have, produce, display, etc.	2,090	9	634	1,167	274	6	562	0	138	362	62	0	2,652	9	772	1,529	336	6

	142	Tax/Registration offences	1,760	7	359	999	349	46	573	0	97	385	74	17	2,333	7	456	1,384	423	63
		1421 No tax, non-display of tax, unregistered vehicle etc.	1,759	7	359	999	348	46	573	0	97	385	74	17	2,332	7	456	1,384	422	63
		1422 Misuse of Trade Licence	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0

	143	Roadworthiness/Regulatory offences	10,271	45	2,952	5,580	1,654	40	2,848	0	644	1,734	450	20	13,119	45	3,596	7,314	2,104	60
		1431 Misuse of trailers, weight and other offences	140	0	65	55	20	0	16	0	2	10	4	0	156	0	67	65	24	0
		1432 Obstruction under Road Traffic Acts	5	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	2	2	0
		1433 Other road offences	10,126	45	2,886	5,523	1,632	40	2,832	0	642	1,724	446	20	12,958	45	3,528	7,247	2,078	60

	144	Road transport/public service vehicles offences	571	0	61	333	175	2	35	0	8	21	5	1	606	0	69	354	180	3
		1441 Road transport - carriage of goods offences	448	0	32	266	148	2	14	0	1	11	1	1	462	0	33	277	149	3
		1442 Public service vehicle offences	121	0	29	65	27	0	20	0	7	9	4	0	141	0	36	74	31	0
		1443 Light rail offences (Luas)	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	0

15	Offences against Government, justice procedures and organisation of crime		1,993	23	584	1,165	221	0	362	2	121	222	17	0	2,355	25	705	1,387	238	0

	151	Offences against Government and its agents	22	1	2	17	2	0	8	0	5	2	1	0	30	1	7	19	3	0
		1511 Treason	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1512 Breaches of Offences Against the State Acts	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	5	0	0
		1513 Breaches of Official Secrets Act	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1514 Impersonating member of An Garda Síochána	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
		1515 Electoral offences including personation	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1516 Public mischief-annoying phone calls and wasting police time	10	1	1	7	1	0	5	0	3	1	1	0	15	1	4	8	2	0
		1517 Criminal Assets Bureau offences	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
		1518 Non compliance with Garda direction	5	0	1	4	0	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	8	0	3	5	0	0

	152	Organisation of crime and conspiracy to commit crime	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1521 Criminal organisation offences (organised crime)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1522 Conspiracy to commit a crime	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	153	Perverting the course of justice	6	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	4	1	0
		1531 Perjury	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
		1532 Interfering with a jury (embracery)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1533 Assisting offenders	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1534 Public mischief, pervert course of justice, conceal offence	5	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	3	1	0

	154	Offences while in custody and related offences	45	1	12	29	3	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	47	1	14	29	3	0
		1541 Escape or help to escape from custody	12	1	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	1	6	5	0	0
		1542 Prison offences	33	0	6	24	3	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	35	0	8	24	3	0

	155	Breach of justice/court order	1,920	21	569	1,115	215	0	352	2	114	220	16	0	2,272	23	683	1,335	231	0
		1551 Breach of Domestic Violence Order (protection, safety, barring)	332	0	49	196	87	0	18	0	3	14	1	0	350	0	52	210	88	0
		1552 Breach of bail	1,488	20	498	852	118	0	313	2	104	195	12	0	1,801	22	602	1,047	130	0
		1553 Failure to comply under Sex Offenders Act	23	1	1	14	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	1	1	14	7	0
		1554 Breach of Order under Family Law Act	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1555 Other failure to comply with court order, jury summons, warrant etc.	77	0	21	53	3	0	21	0	7	11	3	0	98	0	28	64	6	0

16	Offences not elsewhere classified		139	1	29	67	42	0	21	0	3	14	4	0	160	1	32	81	46	0

	161	Importation/Control/Welfare of animals offences	94	0	17	38	39	0	15	0	1	10	4	0	109	0	18	48	43	0
		1611 Illegal importation of animals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1612 Control of horses offences	10	0	1	6	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	11	0	2	6	3	0
		1613 Dog ownership offences (licence, control etc)	49	0	14	24	11	0	11	0	0	10	1	0	60	0	14	34	12	0
		1614 Offences against animals	35	0	2	8	25	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	38	0	2	8	28	0

	162	Fisheries/Maritime offences	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0
		1621 Breaches of EU fishing quota and related EU regulation	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0
		1622 Merchant shipping / Maritime safety offences	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	163	Use of data, electronic counterfeit and broadcasting	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1631 Unauthorised accessing of data	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1632 Recording, possession or distribution of counterfeit material	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1633 Unauthorised broadcasting and illegal signal reception	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	164	Miscellaneous offences	43	1	11	28	3	0	6	0	2	4	0	0	49	1	13	32	3	0
		1641 Abortion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1642 Procuring or assisting in abortion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1643 Concealment of birth	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1644 Destroying/Disposing of a dead body	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1645 Pawnbroking offences	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		1646 Offences in connection with rail travel	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	1	0	0
		1647 Employment permit offences (relating to non-Irish national)	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0
		1648 Immigration offences/carrier liability	38	0	10	25	3	0	6	0	2	4	0	0	44	0	12	29	3	0
		1649 Private Security Services Act 2004	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0


1	Includes Conviction, Proved and order made without conviction, Probation of Offenders Act.
2	Data not available prior to 2008.
3	Data not available prior to 2009.

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Table 5 Incidents recorded of Group 01 Homicide Offences, incidents per 100,000 population, detection and proceedings, 2013

		2013
		Recorded	Per 100,000 population	Detected	Detection rate (%)	With relevant proceedings

State		83	1.8	70	84.3	53

Northern Region		13	2.5	10	76.9	8
	Cavan/Monaghan	9	6.7	8	88.9	6
	Donegal	3	1.9	2	66.7	2
	Sligo/Leitrim	0	0.0	0	0.0	0
	Louth	1	0.8	0	0.0	0

Western Region		14	2.4	13	92.9	11
	Clare	1	0.9	1	100.0	1
	Mayo	8	6.1	7	87.5	6
	Galway	4	1.6	4	100.0	3
	Roscommon/Longford	1	1.0	1	100.0	1

Southern Region		15	1.7	15	100.0	10
	Cork City	4	1.7	4	100.0	4
	Cork North	0	0.0	0	0.0	0
	Cork West	3	2.1	3	100.0	1
	Kerry	6	4.2	6	100.0	4
	Limerick	2	1.0	2	100.0	1

Eastern Region		10	1.3	9	90.0	7
	Laois/Offaly	0	0.0	0	0.0	0
	Meath	4	2.2	3	75.0	2
	Wicklow	3	2.2	3	100.0	2
	Westmeath	0	0.0	0	0.0	0
	Kildare	3	1.4	3	100.0	3

South Eastern Region		8	1.4	7	87.5	5
	Tipperary	1	0.6	0	0.0	0
	Wexford	4	2.7	4	100.0	3
	Kilkenny/Carlow	2	1.4	2	100.0	1
	Waterford	1	0.8	1	100.0	1

Dublin Metropolitan Region		23	1.8	16	69.6	12
	South Central DMR	2	1.6	1	50.0	1
	North Central DMR	2	2.3	1	50.0	0
	Northern DMR	5	1.5	4	80.0	4
	Southern DMR	3	1.2	2	66.7	1
	Eastern DMR	2	1.0	2	100.0	2
	Western DMR	9	3.0	6	66.7	4

Table 5 Incidents recorded of Group 02 Sexual Offences, incidents per 100,000 population, detection and proceedings, 2013

		2013
		Recorded	Per 100,000 population	Detected	Detection rate (%)	With relevant proceedings

State		2,010	43.8	1,030	51.2	297

Northern Region		222	42.8	130	58.6	23
	Cavan/Monaghan	56	41.8	37	66.1	8
	Donegal	80	49.6	43	53.8	5
	Sligo/Leitrim	30	30.6	17	56.7	4
	Louth	56	44.5	33	58.9	6

Western Region		217	36.9	109	50.2	35
	Clare	35	32.0	30	85.7	5
	Mayo	45	34.3	13	28.9	3
	Galway	103	41.0	48	46.6	22
	Roscommon/Longford	34	35.3	18	52.9	5

Southern Region		346	39.9	211	61.0	62
	Cork City	120	52.4	81	67.5	22
	Cork North	66	42.5	42	63.6	14
	Cork West	28	19.9	17	60.7	9
	Kerry	46	32.5	22	47.8	5
	Limerick	86	42.7	49	57.0	12

Eastern Region		320	41.4	173	54.1	45
	Laois/Offaly	74	48.7	59	79.7	8
	Meath	54	29.8	19	35.2	6
	Wicklow	61	44.4	27	44.3	7
	Westmeath	40	43.6	21	52.5	10
	Kildare	91	43.3	47	51.6	14

South Eastern Region		284	49.8	172	60.6	44
	Tipperary	63	39.7	32	50.8	9
	Wexford	67	46.0	30	44.8	10
	Kilkenny/Carlow	78	52.8	50	64.1	12
	Waterford	76	64.1	60	78.9	13

Dublin Metropolitan Region		621	48.7	235	37.8	88
	South Central DMR	82	65.9	40	48.8	18
	North Central DMR	77	88.7	34	44.2	11
	Northern DMR	160	48.3	40	25.0	20
	Southern DMR	108	44.9	46	42.6	13
	Eastern DMR	44	23.0	23	52.3	10
	Western DMR	150	50.0	52	34.7	16

Table 5 Incidents recorded of Group 3 Attempts or Threats to Murder, Assaults, Harassment and Related Offences, incidents per 100,000 population, detection and proceedings, 2013


		2013
		Recorded	Per 100,000 population	Detected	Detection rate (%)	With relevant proceedings

State		14,502	315.7	8,966	61.8	4,237

Northern Region		1,909	367.7	1,333	69.8	741
	Cavan/Monaghan	489	365.3	425	86.9	251
	Donegal	694	430.2	480	69.2	260
	Sligo/Leitrim	273	278.5	161	59.0	78
	Louth	453	359.6	267	58.9	152

Western Region		1,672	284.3	1,044	62.4	468
	Clare	287	262.4	237	82.6	100
	Mayo	391	297.6	217	55.5	67
	Galway	678	269.9	416	61.4	204
	Roscommon/Longford	316	328.2	174	55.1	97

Southern Region		2,850	328.2	2,048	71.9	899
	Cork City	946	412.9	597	63.1	314
	Cork North	329	211.7	268	81.5	151
	Cork West	321	228.0	228	71.0	113
	Kerry	450	317.6	356	79.1	136
	Limerick	804	399.5	599	74.5	185

Eastern Region		2,222	287.6	1,413	63.6	630
	Laois/Offaly	485	319.2	389	80.2	184
	Meath	412	227.1	226	54.9	118
	Wicklow	484	352.5	264	54.5	99
	Westmeath	252	274.6	177	70.2	91
	Kildare	589	280.2	357	60.6	138

South Eastern Region		1,736	304.2	1,239	71.4	524
	Tipperary	424	267.5	335	79.0	158
	Wexford	376	258.0	236	62.8	97
	Kilkenny/Carlow	423	286.2	306	72.3	148
	Waterford	513	432.6	362	70.6	121

Dublin Metropolitan Region		4,113	322.8	1,889	45.9	975
	South Central DMR	837	672.7	384	45.9	209
	North Central DMR	713	821.6	344	48.2	193
	Northern DMR	816	246.1	336	41.2	163
	Southern DMR	626	260.4	330	52.7	154
	Eastern DMR	375	196.4	158	42.1	77
	Western DMR	746	248.6	337	45.2	179

Table 5 Incidents recorded of Group 4 Dangerous or Negligent Acts, indidents per 100,000 population, detection and proceedings, 2013

		2013
		Recorded	Per 100,000 population	Detected	Detection rate (%)	With relevant proceedings

State		249,006	5,421.3	248,016	99.6	42,556

Northern Region		23,775	4,579.3	23,576	99.2	4,454
	Cavan/Monaghan	6,655	4,971.6	6,597	99.1	1,328
	Donegal	5,101	3,161.7	5,042	98.8	1,019
	Sligo/Leitrim	7,079	7,222.9	7,061	99.7	1,098
	Louth	4,940	3,921.4	4,876	98.7	1,009

Western Region		31,734	5,395.1	31,637	99.7	5,303
	Clare	8,585	7,850.4	8,577	99.9	1,498
	Mayo	5,033	3,830.9	5,011	99.6	846
	Galway	11,265	4,484.9	11,229	99.7	1,779
	Roscommon/Longford	6,851	7,115.2	6,820	99.5	1,180

Southern Region		51,650	5,948.7	51,484	99.7	8,801
	Cork City	6,540	2,854.8	6,504	99.4	1,057
	Cork North	15,862	10,205.4	15,840	99.9	2,644
	Cork West	6,224	4,420.9	6,187	99.4	923
	Kerry	5,340	3,768.3	5,313	99.5	1,036
	Limerick	17,684	8,787.2	17,640	99.8	3,141

Eastern Region		45,479	5,886.4	45,332	99.7	7,558
	Laois/Offaly	8,553	5,629.5	8,520	99.6	1,366
	Meath	6,528	3,598.5	6,505	99.6	1,117
	Wicklow	9,940	7,239.5	9,909	99.7	1,600
	Westmeath	6,427	7,003.3	6,412	99.8	1,026
	Kildare	14,031	6,675.1	13,986	99.7	2,449

South Eastern Region		33,037	5,789.8	32,948	99.7	5,552
	Tipperary	8,157	5,146.6	8,135	99.7	1,624
	Wexford	6,942	4,763.5	6,923	99.7	1,136
	Kilkenny/Carlow	9,944	6,728.5	9,917	99.7	1,518
	Waterford	7,994	6,740.7	7,973	99.7	1,274

Dublin Metropolitan Region		63,331	4,970.1	63,039	99.5	10,888
	South Central DMR	10,068	8,092.2	10,033	99.7	1,816
	North Central DMR	4,514	5,201.7	4,484	99.3	864
	Northern DMR	12,906	3,892.6	12,849	99.6	2,378
	Southern DMR	6,363	2,646.8	6,310	99.2	1,059
	Eastern DMR	6,308	3,303.2	6,285	99.6	830
	Western DMR	23,172	7,721.0	23,078	99.6	3,941

Table 5 Incidents recorded of Group 5 Kidnapping and Related Offences, incidents per 100,000 population, detection and proceedings, 2013

		2013
		Recorded	Per 100,000 population	Detected	Detection rate (%)	With relevant proceedings

State		103	2.2	65	63.1	28

Northern Region		20	3.9	8	40.0	4
	Cavan/Monaghan	6	4.5	3	50.0	3
	Donegal	7	4.3	5	71.4	1
	Sligo/Leitrim	5	5.1	0	0.0	0
	Louth	2	1.6	0	0.0	0

Western Region		6	1.0	3	50.0	3
	Clare	0	0.0	0	0.0	0
	Mayo	0	0.0	0	0.0	0
	Galway	3	1.2	2	66.7	2
	Roscommon/Longford	3	3.1	1	33.3	1

Southern Region		18	2.1	15	83.3	6
	Cork City	6	2.6	3	50.0	2
	Cork North	1	0.6	1	100.0	1
	Cork West	2	1.4	2	100.0	1
	Kerry	1	0.7	1	100.0	0
	Limerick	8	4.0	8	100.0	2

Eastern Region		10	1.3	7	70.0	3
	Laois/Offaly	3	2.0	3	100.0	2
	Meath	2	1.1	0	0.0	0
	Wicklow	3	2.2	3	100.0	0
	Westmeath	1	1.1	1	100.0	1
	Kildare	1	0.5	0	0.0	0

South Eastern Region		11	1.9	7	63.6	4
	Tipperary	3	1.9	3	100.0	3
	Wexford	2	1.4	0	0.0	0
	Kilkenny/Carlow	1	0.7	1	100.0	0
	Waterford	5	4.2	3	60.0	1

Dublin Metropolitan Region		38	3.0	25	65.8	8
	South Central DMR	7	5.6	7	100.0	3
	North Central DMR	10	11.5	8	80.0	3
	Northern DMR	13	3.9	8	61.5	2
	Southern DMR	2	0.8	1	50.0	0
	Eastern DMR	2	1.0	1	50.0	0
	Western DMR	8	2.7	0	0.0	0


Table 5 Incidents recorded of *Group 6 Robbery, Extortion Offences and Hijacking Offences, incidents per 100,000 population, detection and proceedings, 2013*

		2013
		Recorded	Per 100,000 population	Detected	Detection rate (%)	With relevant proceedings

State		2,806	61.1	1,144	40.8	792

Northern Region		120	23.1	65	54.2	50
	Cavan/Monaghan	12	9.0	7	58.3	5
	Donegal	23	14.3	13	56.5	9
	Sligo/Leitrim	12	12.2	7	58.3	5
	Louth	73	57.9	38	52.1	31

Western Region		92	15.6	56	60.9	40
	Clare	16	14.6	9	56.3	8
	Mayo	10	7.6	7	70.0	3
	Galway	49	19.5	29	59.2	21
	Roscommon/Longford	17	17.7	11	64.7	8

Southern Region		273	31.4	183	67.0	136
	Cork City	135	58.9	96	71.1	75
	Cork North	9	5.8	7	77.8	4
	Cork West	5	3.6	2	40.0	2
	Kerry	15	10.6	12	80.0	6
	Limerick	109	54.2	66	60.6	49

Eastern Region		261	33.8	117	44.8	84
	Laois/Offaly	43	28.3	24	55.8	15
	Meath	51	28.1	18	35.3	12
	Wicklow	47	34.2	22	46.8	14
	Westmeath	28	30.5	19	67.9	17
	Kildare	92	43.8	34	37.0	26

South Eastern Region		143	25.1	88	61.5	54
	Tipperary	24	15.1	19	79.2	13
	Wexford	22	15.1	14	63.6	7
	Kilkenny/Carlow	30	20.3	15	50.0	7
	Waterford	67	56.5	40	59.7	27

Dublin Metropolitan Region		1,917	150.4	635	33.1	428
	South Central DMR	379	304.6	149	39.3	105
	North Central DMR	369	425.2	125	33.9	80
	Northern DMR	334	100.7	99	29.6	76
	Southern DMR	308	128.1	114	37.0	66
	Eastern DMR	105	55.0	39	37.1	28
	Western DMR	422	140.6	109	25.8	73


Table 5 Incidents recorded of Group 7 Burglary and Related Offences, incidents per 100,000 population, detection and proceedings, 2013

		2013
		Recorded	Per 100,000 population	Detected	Detection rate (%)	With relevant proceedings

State		26,218	570.8	5,354	20.4	3,461

Northern Region		2,241	431.6	499	22.3	299
	Cavan/Monaghan	358	267.4	78	21.8	41
	Donegal	396	245.4	90	22.7	47
	Sligo/Leitrim	338	344.9	110	32.5	54
	Louth	1,149	912.1	221	19.2	157

Western Region		2,043	347.3	429	21.0	254
	Clare	375	342.9	92	24.5	65
	Mayo	340	258.8	88	25.9	31
	Galway	870	346.4	168	19.3	105
	Roscommon/Longford	458	475.7	81	17.7	53

Southern Region		2,881	331.8	947	32.9	632
	Cork City	787	343.5	281	35.7	223
	Cork North	418	268.9	109	26.1	81
	Cork West	262	186.1	77	29.4	49
	Kerry	317	223.7	138	43.5	87
	Limerick	1,097	545.1	342	31.2	192

Eastern Region		4,903	634.6	888	18.1	521
	Laois/Offaly	1,040	684.5	202	19.4	118
	Meath	1,059	583.8	169	16.0	77
	Wicklow	855	622.7	146	17.1	79
	Westmeath	663	722.5	179	27.0	112
	Kildare	1,286	611.8	192	14.9	135

South Eastern Region		3,730	653.7	800	21.4	462
	Tipperary	755	476.4	226	29.9	146
	Wexford	1,096	752.1	144	13.1	81
	Kilkenny/Carlow	1,063	719.3	210	19.8	118
	Waterford	816	688.1	220	27.0	117

Dublin Metropolitan Region		10,420	817.7	1,791	17.2	1,293
	South Central DMR	1,551	1246.6	423	27.3	336
	North Central DMR	990	1140.8	333	33.6	261
	Northern DMR	2,081	627.6	250	12.0	174
	Southern DMR	2,275	946.3	303	13.3	191
	Eastern DMR	1,352	708.0	192	14.2	131
	Western DMR	2,171	723.4	290	13.4	200


Table 5 Incidents recorded of Group 8 Theft and Related Offences, incidents per 100,000 population, detection and proceedings, 2013

		2013
		Recorded	Per 100,000 population	Detected	Detection rate (%)	With relevant proceedings

State		78,737	1,714.2	26,301	33.4	15,161

Northern Region		5,028	968.4	2,003	39.8	1,081
	Cavan/Monaghan	966	721.6	438	45.3	241
	Donegal	1,061	657.6	423	39.9	212
	Sligo/Leitrim	946	965.2	482	51.0	239
	Louth	2,055	1,631.3	660	32.1	389

Western Region		5,366	912.3	2,118	39.5	1,062
	Clare	996	910.8	420	42.2	264
	Mayo	1,067	812.1	364	34.1	119
	Galway	2,457	978.2	1,022	41.6	492
	Roscommon/Longford	846	878.6	312	36.9	187

Southern Region		10,828	1,247.1	4,954	45.8	2,823
	Cork City	3,865	1,687.1	1,955	50.6	1,253
	Cork North	1,189	765.0	561	47.2	353
	Cork West	847	601.6	311	36.7	188
	Kerry	1,080	762.1	533	49.4	223
	Limerick	3,847	1,911.6	1,594	41.4	806

Eastern Region		10,927	1,414.3	3,066	28.1	1,626
	Laois/Offaly	2,140	1,408.5	560	26.2	313
	Meath	2,256	1,243.6	607	26.9	315
	Wicklow	2,168	1,579.0	574	26.5	304
	Westmeath	1,273	1,387.2	532	41.8	318
	Kildare	3,090	1,470.0	793	25.7	376

South Eastern Region		7,025	1,231.1	2,875	40.9	1,433
	Tipperary	1,469	926.9	692	47.1	354
	Wexford	1,728	1,185.7	640	37.0	302
	Kilkenny/Carlow	1,881	1,272.8	638	33.9	325
	Waterford	1,947	1,641.7	905	46.5	452

Dublin Metropolitan Region		39,563	3,104.8	11,285	28.5	7,136
	South Central DMR	9,999	8,036.8	2,472	24.7	1,837
	North Central DMR	7,652	8,817.7	3,098	40.5	1,885
	Northern DMR	6,742	2,033.4	1,664	24.7	1,069
	Southern DMR	4,219	1,754.9	1,158	27.4	710
	Eastern DMR	3,466	1,815.0	1,058	30.5	617
	Western DMR	7,485	2,494.0	1,835	24.5	1,018


Table 5 Incidents recorded of Group 9 Fraud, Deception and Related Offences, incidents per 100,000 population, detection and proceedings, 2013

		2013
		Recorded	Per 100,000 population	Detected	Detection rate (%)	With relevant proceedings

State		4,825	105.0	2,025	42.0	1,192

Northern Region		446	85.9	231	51.8	144
	Cavan/Monaghan	103	76.9	62	60.2	50
	Donegal	130	80.6	80	61.5	49
	Sligo/Leitrim	86	87.7	44	51.2	20
	Louth	127	100.8	45	35.4	25

Western Region		506	86.0	238	47.0	131
	Clare	75	68.6	34	45.3	11
	Mayo	109	83.0	48	44.0	20
	Galway	231	92.0	115	49.8	71
	Roscommon/Longford	91	94.5	41	45.1	29

Southern Region		686	79.0	340	49.6	200
	Cork City	212	92.5	96	45.3	57
	Cork North	103	66.3	63	61.2	43
	Cork West	84	59.7	51	60.7	37
	Kerry	66	46.6	35	53.0	18
	Limerick	221	109.8	95	43.0	45

Eastern Region		613	79.3	254	41.4	142
	Laois/Offaly	137	90.2	55	40.1	33
	Meath	104	57.3	41	39.4	19
	Wicklow	147	107.1	59	40.1	29
	Westmeath	95	103.5	42	44.2	28
	Kildare	130	61.8	57	43.8	33

South Eastern Region		413	72.4	181	43.8	80
	Tipperary	84	53.0	45	53.6	23
	Wexford	123	84.4	42	34.1	19
	Kilkenny/Carlow	104	70.4	47	45.2	20
	Waterford	102	86.0	47	46.1	18

Dublin Metropolitan Region		2,161	169.6	781	36.1	495
	South Central DMR	446	358.5	136	30.5	85
	North Central DMR	381	439.0	151	39.6	112
	Northern DMR	421	127.0	159	37.8	102
	Southern DMR	236	98.2	105	44.5	60
	Eastern DMR	226	118.3	54	23.9	21
	Western DMR	429	142.9	176	41.0	115


Table 5 Incidents recorded Group 10 Controlled Drug Offences, incidents per 100,000 population, detection and proceedings, 2013

		2013
		Recorded	Per 100,000 population	Detected	Detection rate (%)	With relevant proceedings

State		15,372	334.7	15,181	98.8	10,246

Northern Region		898	173.0	884	98.4	579
	Cavan/Monaghan	229	171.1	228	99.6	143
	Donegal	212	131.4	210	99.1	133
	Sligo/Leitrim	202	206.1	197	97.5	127
	Louth	255	202.4	249	97.6	176

Western Region		1,239	210.6	1,220	98.5	944
	Clare	360	329.2	356	98.9	296
	Mayo	126	95.9	115	91.3	75
	Galway	526	209.4	523	99.4	400
	Roscommon/Longford	227	235.8	226	99.6	173

Southern Region		2,795	321.9	2,774	99.2	2,206
	Cork City	961	419.5	952	99.1	821
	Cork North	474	305.0	469	98.9	388
	Cork West	266	188.9	264	99.2	196
	Kerry	395	278.7	394	99.7	317
	Limerick	699	347.3	695	99.4	484

Eastern Region		2,327	301.2	2,305	99.1	1,682
	Laois/Offaly	610	401.5	602	98.7	494
	Meath	238	131.2	232	97.5	147
	Wicklow	655	477.0	650	99.2	376
	Westmeath	297	323.6	295	99.3	243
	Kildare	527	250.7	526	99.8	422

South Eastern Region		1,619	283.7	1,604	99.1	1,108
	Tipperary	452	285.2	448	99.1	308
	Wexford	256	175.7	251	98.0	187
	Kilkenny/Carlow	475	321.4	470	98.9	335
	Waterford	436	367.6	435	99.8	278

Dublin Metropolitan Region		6,494	509.6	6,394	98.5	3,727
	South Central DMR	579	465.4	566	97.8	275
	North Central DMR	989	1,139.7	979	99.0	573
	Northern DMR	1,322	398.7	1,292	97.7	858
	Southern DMR	1,218	506.6	1,205	98.9	718
	Eastern DMR	451	236.2	442	98.0	251
	Western DMR	1,935	644.7	1,910	98.7	1,052


Table 5 Incidents recorded of Group 11 Weapons and Explosive Offences,incidents per 100,000 population, detection and proceedings, 2013

		2013
		Recorded	Per 100,000 population	Detected	Detection rate (%)	With relevant proceedings

State		2,750	59.9	2,476	90.0	1,535

Northern Region		245	47.2	204	83.3	130
	Cavan/Monaghan	45	33.6	38	84.4	21
	Donegal	42	26.0	30	71.4	13
	Sligo/Leitrim	57	58.2	48	84.2	29
	Louth	101	80.2	88	87.1	67

Western Region		184	31.3	169	91.8	102
	Clare	61	55.8	57	93.4	36
	Mayo	25	19.0	21	84.0	11
	Galway	65	25.9	63	96.9	37
	Roscommon/Longford	33	34.3	28	84.8	18

Southern Region		464	53.4	437	94.2	276
	Cork City	160	69.8	149	93.1	109
	Cork North	46	29.6	45	97.8	28
	Cork West	34	24.2	33	97.1	17
	Kerry	45	31.8	44	97.8	21
	Limerick	179	88.9	166	92.7	101

Eastern Region		329	42.6	302	91.8	162
	Laois/Offaly	87	57.3	74	85.1	44
	Meath	45	24.8	43	95.6	26
	Wicklow	104	75.7	99	95.2	45
	Westmeath	38	41.4	35	92.1	17
	Kildare	55	26.2	51	92.7	30

South Eastern Region		299	52.4	289	96.7	154
	Tipperary	98	61.8	97	99.0	57
	Wexford	44	30.2	40	90.9	22
	Kilkenny/Carlow	73	49.4	69	94.5	40
	Waterford	84	70.8	83	98.8	35

Dublin Metropolitan Region		1,229	96.4	1,075	87.5	711
	South Central DMR	175	140.7	169	96.6	111
	North Central DMR	258	297.3	248	96.1	185
	Northern DMR	223	67.3	154	69.1	100
	Southern DMR	190	79.0	172	90.5	106
	Eastern DMR	64	33.5	58	90.6	32
	Western DMR	319	106.3	274	85.9	177


Table 5 Incidents recorded of Group 12 Damage to Property and to the Environment, incidents per 100,000 population, detection and proceedings, 2013


		2013
		Recorded	Per 100,000 population	Detected	Detection rate (%)	With relevant proceedings

State		28,913	629.5	6,459	22.3	3,098

Northern Region		2,887	556.1	816	28.3	407
	Cavan/Monaghan	533	398.2	210	39.4	117
	Donegal	638	395.4	230	36.1	86
	Sligo/Leitrim	539	550.0	142	26.3	63
	Louth	1,177	934.3	234	19.9	141

Western Region		2,394	407.0	704	29.4	292
	Clare	493	450.8	181	36.7	92
	Mayo	548	417.1	130	23.7	31
	Galway	954	379.8	284	29.8	120
	Roscommon/Longford	399	414.4	109	27.3	49

Southern Region		4,880	562.0	1,307	26.8	604
	Cork City	1,651	720.7	393	23.8	230
	Cork North	552	355.1	155	28.1	86
	Cork West	409	290.5	142	34.7	54
	Kerry	423	298.5	176	41.6	55
	Limerick	1,845	916.8	441	23.9	179

Eastern Region		4,232	547.8	877	20.7	379
	Laois/Offaly	896	589.7	221	24.7	102
	Meath	709	390.8	161	22.7	77
	Wicklow	996	725.4	166	16.7	56
	Westmeath	550	599.3	121	22.0	57
	Kildare	1,081	514.3	208	19.2	87

South Eastern Region		3,082	540.1	726	23.6	310
	Tipperary	618	389.9	200	32.4	99
	Wexford	834	572.3	149	17.9	39
	Kilkenny/Carlow	684	462.8	154	22.5	66
	Waterford	946	797.7	223	23.6	106

Dublin Metropolitan Region		11,438	897.6	2,029	17.7	1,106
	South Central DMR	1,507	1,211.3	327	21.7	191
	North Central DMR	1,512	1,742.3	352	23.3	224
	Northern DMR	2,457	741.1	387	15.8	206
	Southern DMR	1,938	806.1	350	18.1	166
	Eastern DMR	1,146	600.1	215	18.8	88
	Western DMR	2,878	959.0	398	13.8	231


Table 5 Incidents recorded of Group 13 Public Order and Other Social Code Offences,incidents per 100,000 population, detection and proceedings, 2013

		2013
		Recorded	Per 100,000 population	Detected	Detection rate (%)	With relevant proceedings

State		36,453	793.6	34,036	93.4	15,813

Northern Region		3,896	750.4	3,635	93.3	1,722
	Cavan/Monaghan	1,109	828.5	1,062	95.8	575
	Donegal	1,219	755.6	1,122	92.0	421
	Sligo/Leitrim	757	772.4	706	93.3	301
	Louth	811	643.8	745	91.9	425

Western Region		4,203	714.6	3,948	93.9	1,328
	Clare	903	825.7	876	97.0	326
	Mayo	803	611.2	736	91.7	173
	Galway	1,988	791.5	1,875	94.3	588
	Roscommon/Longford	509	528.6	461	90.6	241

Southern Region		8,729	1,005.3	8,351	95.7	4,121
	Cork City	3,080	1,344.5	3,000	97.4	1,908
	Cork North	979	629.9	941	96.1	444
	Cork West	747	530.6	718	96.1	338
	Kerry	1,760	1,242.0	1,725	98.0	670
	Limerick	2,163	1,074.8	1,967	90.9	761

Eastern Region		4,152	537.4	3,733	89.9	1,646
	Laois/Offaly	837	550.9	751	89.7	362
	Meath	748	412.3	656	87.7	310
	Wicklow	905	659.1	820	90.6	279
	Westmeath	845	920.8	808	95.6	365
	Kildare	817	388.7	698	85.4	330

South Eastern Region		4,722	827.5	4,373	92.6	1,579
	Tipperary	1,047	660.6	1,001	95.6	455
	Wexford	866	594.2	718	82.9	229
	Kilkenny/Carlow	1,587	1,073.8	1,491	94.0	552
	Waterford	1,222	1,030.4	1,163	95.2	343

Dublin Metropolitan Region		10,751	843.7	9,996	93.0	5,417
	South Central DMR	2,858	2,297.1	2,730	95.5	1,471
	North Central DMR	2,051	2,363.5	1,930	94.1	1,214
	Northern DMR	1,718	518.2	1,578	91.9	784
	Southern DMR	1,403	583.6	1,297	92.4	704
	Eastern DMR	912	477.6	808	88.6	399
	Western DMR	1,809	602.8	1,653	91.4	845


Table 5 Incidents recorded of Group 14 Road and Traffic Offences (NEC), incidents per 100,000 population, detection and proceedings, 2013

		2013
		Recorded	Per 100,000 population	Detected	Detection rate (%)	With relevant proceedings

State		155,117	3,377.2	153,563	99.0	67,774

Northern Region		10,499	2,022.2	10,397	99.0	4,419
	Cavan/Monaghan	3,498	2,613.1	3,482	99.5	1,537
	Donegal	2,961	1,835.3	2,922	98.7	1,201
	Sligo/Leitrim	1,866	1,903.9	1,836	98.4	637
	Louth	2,174	1,725.7	2,157	99.2	1,044

Western Region		20,425	3,472.5	20,235	99.1	8,724
	Clare	7,815	7,146.3	7,765	99.4	3,407
	Mayo	1,602	1,219.4	1,578	98.5	627
	Galway	8,229	3,276.2	8,145	99.0	3,497
	Roscommon/Longford	2,779	2,886.2	2,747	98.8	1,193

Southern Region		35,566	4,096.3	34,899	98.1	14,464
	Cork City	11,711	5,112.1	11,619	99.2	4,586
	Cork North	6,842	4,402.0	6,664	97.4	2,535
	Cork West	3,807	2,704.1	3,720	97.7	1,459
	Kerry	2,774	1,957.5	2,747	99.0	1,160
	Limerick	10,432	5,183.7	10,149	97.3	4,724

Eastern Region		18,280	2,366.0	18,176	99.4	8,388
	Laois/Offaly	3,376	2,222.1	3,365	99.7	1,669
	Meath	2,446	1,348.3	2,428	99.3	1,274
	Wicklow	4,745	3,455.9	4,720	99.5	1,961
	Westmeath	3,909	4,259.5	3,897	99.7	1,596
	Kildare	3,804	1,809.7	3,766	99.0	1,888

South Eastern Region		15,092	2,644.9	14,870	98.5	6,556
	Tipperary	3,126	1,972.3	3,049	97.5	1,507
	Wexford	3,022	2,073.7	2,944	97.4	1,299
	Kilkenny/Carlow	4,874	3,297.9	4,851	99.5	2,098
	Waterford	4,070	3,431.9	4,026	98.9	1,652

Dublin Metropolitan Region		55,255	4,336.3	54,986	99.5	25,223
	South Central DMR	9,127	7,335.9	9,092	99.6	3,120
	North Central DMR	8,353	9,625.5	8,309	99.5	3,374
	Northern DMR	11,344	3,421.5	11,272	99.4	5,268
	Southern DMR	6,707	2,789.9	6,681	99.6	3,588
	Eastern DMR	7,538	3,947.3	7,505	99.6	3,267
	Western DMR	12,186	4,060.4	12,127	99.5	6,606


Table 5 Incidents recorded of Group 15 Offences against Government, Justice Procedures and Organisation of Crime, incidents per 100,000 population, detection and proceedings, 2013


		2013
		Recorded	Per 100,000 population	Detected	Detection rate (%)	With relevant proceedings

State		9,188	200.0	9,086	98.9	4,539

Northern Region		536	103.2	513	95.7	302
	Cavan/Monaghan	120	89.6	118	98.3	57
	Donegal	129	80.0	122	94.6	72
	Sligo/Leitrim	102	104.1	94	92.2	57
	Louth	185	146.9	179	96.8	116

Western Region		646	109.8	629	97.4	320
	Clare	144	131.7	141	97.9	77
	Mayo	51	38.8	47	92.2	32
	Galway	354	140.9	347	98.0	154
	Roscommon/Longford	97	100.7	94	96.9	57

Southern Region		1,774	204.3	1,759	99.2	820
	Cork City	411	179.4	408	99.3	252
	Cork North	132	84.9	130	98.5	76
	Cork West	108	76.7	106	98.1	74
	Kerry	118	83.3	118	100.0	53
	Limerick	1,005	499.4	997	99.2	365

Eastern Region		835	108.1	830	99.4	436
	Laois/Offaly	152	100.0	151	99.3	92
	Meath	124	68.4	122	98.4	81
	Wicklow	188	136.9	187	99.5	83
	Westmeath	174	189.6	174	100.0	67
	Kildare	197	93.7	196	99.5	113

South Eastern Region		608	106.6	601	98.8	304
	Tipperary	174	109.8	173	99.4	105
	Wexford	131	89.9	128	97.7	57
	Kilkenny/Carlow	155	104.9	155	100.0	97
	Waterford	148	124.8	145	98.0	45

Dublin Metropolitan Region		4,789	375.8	4,754	99.3	2,357
	South Central DMR	146	117.3	139	95.2	42
	North Central DMR	3,141	3,619.5	3,133	99.7	1,403
	Northern DMR	261	78.7	254	97.3	177
	Southern DMR	310	128.9	305	98.4	170
	Eastern DMR	272	142.4	270	99.3	136
	Western DMR	659	219.6	653	99.1	429


Table 5 Incidents recorded of Group 16 Offences Not Elsewhere Classified, incidents per 100,000 population, detection and proceedings, 2013

		2013
		Recorded	Per 100,000 population	Detected	Detection rate (%)	With relevant proceedings

State		2,682	58.4	1,237	46.1	396

Northern Region		329	63.4	141	42.9	57
	Cavan/Monaghan	90	67.2	41	45.6	16
	Donegal	103	63.8	37	35.9	16
	Sligo/Leitrim	86	87.7	34	39.5	16
	Louth	50	39.7	29	58.0	9

Western Region		471	80.1	215	45.6	51
	Clare	32	29.3	13	40.6	5
	Mayo	116	88.3	44	37.9	9
	Galway	227	90.4	127	55.9	21
	Roscommon/Longford	96	99.7	31	32.3	16

Southern Region		697	80.3	271	38.9	66
	Cork City	129	56.3	75	58.1	5
	Cork North	75	48.3	33	44.0	5
	Cork West	87	61.8	51	58.6	30
	Kerry	44	31.0	20	45.5	7
	Limerick	362	179.9	92	25.4	19

Eastern Region		442	57.2	162	36.7	55
	Laois/Offaly	88	57.9	32	36.4	7
	Meath	84	46.3	26	31.0	15
	Wicklow	174	126.7	70	40.2	19
	Westmeath	34	37.0	9	26.5	4
	Kildare	62	29.5	25	40.3	10

South Eastern Region		333	58.4	156	46.8	38
	Tipperary	73	46.1	27	37.0	11
	Wexford	132	90.6	75	56.8	7
	Kilkenny/Carlow	58	39.2	31	53.4	10
	Waterford	70	59.0	23	32.9	10

Dublin Metropolitan Region		410	32.2	292	71.2	129
	South Central DMR	65	52.2	49	75.4	21
	North Central DMR	56	64.5	50	89.3	34
	Northern DMR	144	43.4	105	72.9	32
	Southern DMR	29	12.1	18	62.1	10
	Eastern DMR	43	22.5	24	55.8	9
	Western DMR	73	24.3	46	63.0	23

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Background Notes

This publication, Garda Recorded Crime Statistics 2009-2013, is the eighth annual CSO report featuring data recorded on the Garda PULSE (Police Using Leading Systems Effectively) and the FCPS (Fixed Charge Penalty System) systems.

This report builds on previous reports which used the Irish Crime Classification System (ICCS) to categorise crime, between 2009 and 2013. The ICCS replaced the Headline/Non-Headline classification, with its various sub-groupings, which was used for annual statistics up to 2005.

Full details of the ICCS are available via the CSO homepage at www.cso.ie.

The current report features summaries on the volume of offences recorded and detected by An Garda Síochána between 2009 and 2013 in each ICCS offence group. The report also contains more information on offences recorded in 2012, namely relevant court proceedings, convictions, profiles of those convicted and a breakdown of offences by Garda Region and Division. More detailed breakdowns, including by Garda Division are available for all years (2003 - 2013 incl.) on our website:

See http://www.cso.ie/en/statistics/crimeandjustice/

A more regular update on the volume of offences being recorded on the PULSE system is provided in the CSO’s quarterly Recorded Crime release.

Background

In 2006 the CSO assumed responsibility for the publication of recorded crime statistics from An Garda Síochana. Prior to this, recorded crime statistics were published as part of the Crime Statistics section of Garda Annual Reports. An Garda Síochána ceased including this section in their annual reports from 2006, in recognition that the CSO was to assume this responsibility.

The information supplied in this report refers only to criminal incidents known to An Garda Síochána and recorded as such. Obviously, not every crime comes to the attention of An Garda Síochána, and the CSO provides additional information on non-recorded crime through its Crime and Victimisation surveys.

See http://www.cso.ie/en/statistics/crimeandjustice/

Reference Period: 2009 to 2013

This publication is based on data that existed as of early August, 2015, relating to offences recorded between January 1, 2009 up to and including December 31, 2013.

All data recorded on PULSE (and FCPS) has the potential to be revised as additional information becomes available. This is because of the nature of criminal incidents, the nature of the reporting of same by members of the public, follow-up investigations and characteristics of consequential activities by the broader justice system. For this reason, the 2012 data was not taken from the system until October 2014, to allow as much updating as possible to take place. Similarly, data from previous years is also subject to slight changes as more up-to-date information is added to the system.

Technical notes

This section explains some of the technical terms that feature in the report.

The second table contains the volume of ‘recorded’ and ‘detected’ offences for 2009, 2012 and 2013.

Recorded Offences

Offences reported or which become known to members of An Garda Síochána are recorded when, on the balance of probability, a Garda determines that a criminal offence defined by law has taken place, and there is no credible evidence to the contrary.

If it is subsequently determined that a criminal offence did not take place, the criminal offence recorded is invalidated and is not counted in the statistics. If a person makes a report and subsequently withdraws it by stating that the criminal act did not take place, then this too is invalidated unless there is evidence to suggest that, by reasonable probability, the offence has taken place.

For criminal offences where victim confirmation is required (e.g. assault, fraud), a criminal offence is recorded only where the victim confirms the offence or where there is evidence to suggest that by reasonable probability it occurred.

Another important feature of a recorded offence is that it is based on the date reported to, or that it became known to, the Gardaí. This has major implications for some offence types. Notable amongst these are sexual offences, as it has often been the case that such offences have been reported to An Garda Síochána many years (sometimes decades) after the event(s). Thus a sexual assault, which occurred in 1960, would be included in the statistics for 2006 if it was first reported in that year.

Detected Offences

Detailed guidelines exist within An Garda Síochána to determine whether a crime incident may be flagged as ‘detected’.

The main criteria for classifying an offence as ‘detected’ is when criminal proceedings have been commenced for at least one person for the offence.

However, there are a number of scenarios where an offence will be considered detected even though criminal proceedings may not be initiated. For these reasons, the number of detected offences exceeds the number of offences with relevant convictions, for some offence groups.

For example:

- Approval may have been granted for a child to be dealt by An Garda Síochána under the Juvenile Diversion Programme, as provided for in the Children’s Act 2001, rather than face formal court proceedings.

- An offender may have died before proceedings could be initiated.

- An essential witness may be permanently unable or unwilling to co-operate with court proceedings.

This is not an exhaustive list of the criteria used to mark a crime as ‘detected’.

Relevant Proceedings

The third table describes the ‘relevant proceedings’ that were commenced for each offence-type in the group.

The decision to take proceedings on the basis of a recorded offence appears to be the most logical conclusion to the life-cycle of an offence. However, the relationship between recorded offences and court outcomes is not straightforward.

The problem is that the charged offence may never have been recorded as an offence on the PULSE system. It can (and does) happen that, at the time of a decision whether to charge, the evidence is such that a different offence is charged to the one originally recorded. Sometimes the offence charged is more serious than the original recorded offence and sometimes it is less serious. Therefore the relationship between the recorded offence and the subsequent proceeding is affected, and this proceeding may not be relevant to the original offence.

The concept of ‘relevant proceedings’ has been introduced to link the specific primary offence to a relevant court outcome. Decisions have been taken by the CSO as to which proceedings are relevant to the original ‘counting’ offence (see page 92 Counting Rules).

Tables of relevant offences for each ICCS grouping are available from the CSO website.
http://www.cso.ie/en/surveysandmethodology/crime/

Convictions

There can be a significant passage of time between a crime incident and any subsequent court outcome. The length of this passage of time is highly dependent on the offence type in question. More serious offences can take longer to investigate and prosecute, whereas many minor offences can be dealt with summarily by the courts. Therefore, it is not surprising that, for some ICCS groups in particular, data on court outcomes is subject to revision each year. For this reason, each table with convictions data includes the number of cases which are pending including those with appeals allowed, to give a more complete picture of the progression of 2013 offences through the system. This data should be considered a snapshot of the court proceedings at a point in time (August, 2015) rather than a final picture of all proceedings brought in relation to offences recorded in 2013.

When a conviction is returned for a particular offence this typically means that an offender has been convicted of that particular offence and some subsequent order has been made. However, convictions (for the purposes of this report) also include cases where the case against an offender is deemed proven but the judge makes an order without a formal conviction, and cases where the Probation of Offenders Act is applied.

Persons with Relevant Convictions

The fourth table provides a profile by age and sex of persons with relevant convictions. It is important to note that there is not a one-to-one relationship between the number of offences with relevant proceedings and convictions (Table 3), and the number of persons convicted (Table 4).

For example, it is possible that two people could be convicted of a homicide offence. Table 3 would show a single homicide offence, recorded and detected, with one relevant proceeding and conviction. However, Table 4 would then provide the age and sex of the two convicted offenders. Consequently the total number of convictions would be slightly different to the total number of persons convicted.

Rates per population

The fifth table contains a breakdown of specific offences by Garda Region and Division. In addition to containing the absolute numbers of offences recorded and detected, this table presents the rate for each recorded offence type per 100,000 of population, for each region and Division. This is simply achieved by dividing the number of offences recorded by the population for the area, and multiplying by 100,000. This provides a common basis for comparing the prevalence of offences across administrative areas of different population size.

Garda Regions and Divisions

The fundamental unit for Garda geography is the level of the Garda Station. Stations are then aggregated to District level, then Division and Region. This geography is unique to An Garda Síochána.

An Garda Síochána have made a strategic decision to, and have begun the process of, moving to county-based geography. This will, in time, facilitate the examination of recorded crime data in the context of data held by, among others, Local Authorities.

The administrative boundaries used in this publication are the most current as of publication date.

Additional technical notes

Classification of Offences

A criminal offence is classified at the time it is entered on the PULSE system. In the vast majority of cases, this happens very soon after the crime incident becomes known to a member of An Garda Síochána.

However, many recorded crimes are followed by investigation, during which more information becomes available. This may result in offences being reclassified from one type of crime to another. Indeed, a record can also be marked as invalid (but not deleted) if it transpires that a criminal offence did not occur. Conversely, an incident, not initially thought to be criminal in nature, can subsequently be reclassified as a criminal incident on foot of further information.

Court outcomes - Homicide

In general, offences are not reclassified on PULSE on foot of a court outcome. An exception to this rule involves offences classified under Homicide Offences (ICCS 01). It can often be the case that a charge of murder is brought and a verdict of manslaughter is returned. In such a case, the original offence is reclassified to reflect the court outcome (It is for this reason that Murder/Manslaughter offences should be treated together in any trend analysis.).

Assaults – resulting in death

An assault is generally recorded as such close to the time of the assault incident. However, if the victim subsequently dies as a consequence, and after the assault has been recorded, this will always result in reclassification to a Homicide Offence on PULSE.

Recording Offences - Counting Rules

Crime counting rules are a complex area and have been the subject of debate over the years. However, from an information/statistical perspective, crime counting rules should be applied in accordance with established criteria.

To fully appreciate the complexity involved, it is useful to consider a criminal event which consists of more than one offence. For instance, a burglary and an assault offence can occur within one event. Furthermore, there could be offences of trespass, criminal damage and arson also occurring as part of the same event. For this event, the homicide would be recorded, as well as some other offences. It would be unreasonable to suppose that all offences should be recorded (especially if there was more than one victim, see below), as some would be considered to be trivial in the context of the homicide. So in this case, for practical purposes and on reasonable grounds, not all offences would be recorded. The question then is what is recorded and how does this give comparable data?

There are a number of key counting rules that are applied to the recording of offences. They are the Primary Offence and the One Offence Counts Per Victim rules.

Primary Offence Rule

This particular counting rule dictates that when an incident results in a number of offences, only the most serious offence is counted for statistical purposes.

This is achieved by flagging, within PULSE, one offence which should “count” for that event. This practice promotes consistency. Counting only the primary incident is thus a good way of ensuring that there is consistent treatment of criminal events and consistency is paramount when it comes to comparison of data across geographic boundaries or over time. Without the primary offence rule, there would be no basis to compare these data over any boundaries be they geographic or time-based.

The offence with the severest potential penalty is generally flagged as the primary offence. However, offences against the person take precedence over offences against property when the offences have similar penalties.

One Offence Counts Per Victim

In general, one offence is counted per victim for any crime incident (i.e. criminal event). So, irrespective of the number of offenders it is the number of victims of an incident that dictate how many offences will be recorded.

For example, a sexual event with one offender and two victims counts as two offences. Conversely, an event with two offenders and one victim counts as one offence (or crime incident) in the recorded crime statistics. In this latter case it is useful to remember that this one crime incident is the one that counts, regardless of how many offenders are prosecuted or subsequently convicted.

There are two exceptions to the one offence counts per victim rule.

Financial losses sustained by institutions due to fraud

A first exception to the rule is a series of incidents involving credit/debit card/cheque card fraud. The critical issue in determining the number of offences recorded is who bears the financial loss of the incidents. If the financial loss is ultimately sustained by an institution (for instance a bank), a single offence is recorded because it is akin to a series of incidents against one victim (see note on repeat incidents below). However, if the financial loss is incurred by a number of individuals then normal rules apply and one offence does count per victim.

Burglary

The second exception is that of burglary, where there may be more than one victim (in the normal sense of the word). This occurs when, for instance, items belonging to more than one person are taken. Counting one offence per individual (person) victim would affect comparability. This is because the number of burglaries recorded would become a function of the number of people living in burgled households. This is an interesting quantity from a victimisation perspective, but not from a crime counting perspective. Therefore, the one offence per victim rule is not applied in the case of burglary, and a single offence is generally recorded. It is useful to think of the burglary as being a crime against a household for statistical reasons.

An extension of the One Offence Counts Per Victim rule applies for repeat incidents involving the same victim and the same offender.

Again, it is useful to look at sexual offences to illustrate this point. It may be the case that there are numerous crime incidents perpetrated by the same offender against the same victim stretching back for many years (and often reported many years after the last incident). It would be unreasonable to expect the same level of detail to be recorded about every individual offence that occurred throughout the series. Moreover, some victims may not, for a variety of reasons, be in a position to remember all of the incidents involved in the series. Therefore, applying the rule of one incident counts per victim for a series like this promotes consistency in approach for comparative purposes. That is not to say that more information cannot be provided on the numbers of such incidents. It can. It is simply a case of interpretation being subject to some extra caveats for this type of incident series, it is open to debate whether the clustered nature of the offences (in time and/or place) renders them outside the scope of normal statistical comparison).

Data from the Fixed Charge Penalty System (FCPS) is a large component of Dangerous or Negligent Operation of a Vehicle (ICCS 041) and Road and Traffic Offences (ICCS 14). There are no counting rules applied to these offences.

Issues around ‘Detection’ Status

Detailed guidelines exist within An Garda Síochana regarding whether a crime incident may be flagged as “detected”. Within the PULSE system, however, the flagging of an incident is largely independent of any other data in the system there is no action that is automatically triggered because of the entry made for detection status. It is therefore possible that an offence, which has in fact been detected, may, through omission, not be flagged as detected within the system.

However, the situation is less clear with regard to incidents which consist of more than one criminal offence and are recorded as such. This can also be the case when different events are grouped together on the system as an “investigation case”. In these situations, it is not always clear from the raw data which offences are to be considered as detected and which are not. Therefore, this complication arises because of the sophistication of PULSE as used as an operational policing tool which is its main purpose.

As stated above, information on offences detected is presented on an “as-was” basis according to their status as at August, 2015. However, the information is subject to an additional caveat it may not always be the case that it is the primary offence within an incident (the one that “counts”) that has in fact been detected. This feature of the data is known to An Garda Síochana and is receiving attention.

It may be intuitive to think of an offence occurring and being subsequently reported to the Gardaí in turn this leads to the recording of the offence which triggers an investigation. The offence will, at any future point, be regarded as either detected or not detected. However, the recording sequence for some incident types does not follow this path. For these incident types, the recording of an offence actually follows the “detection” of the offence. This is true for, inter alia, some drug offences and for offences of speeding and drink-driving. The recording of these offence types is generally a function of police activities and prioritisation of those activities.

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Garda Recorded Crime Statistics

2009 - 2013

Falls in Homicide offences over the period 2009-2013.

Group 01 Homicide Offences

Group 02 Sexual Offences

Group 03 Attempts or Threats to Murder, Assaults, Harassments and Related Offences

Group 04 Dangerous or Negligent Acts

Group 05 Kidnapping and Related Offences

Group 06 Robbery, Extortion and Hijacking Offences

Group 07 Burglary and Related Offences

Group 08 Theft and Related Offences

Group 09 Fraud, Deception and Related Offences

Group 10 Controlled Drug Offences

Group 11 Weapons and Explosives Offences

Group 12 Damage to Property and to the Environment

Group 13 Public Order and Other Social Code Offences

Group 14 Road and traffice offences

Group 15 Offences against Government, Justice Procedures and Organisation of Crime

Group 16 Offences not elsewhere classified

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