THE NUMBER OF burglaries and fraud offences have risen in the last year, while other types of crime have fallen, according to newly released figures from the Central Statistics Office.
The data shows that burglary and related offences rose by 7.9 per cent, while deception and related offences rose by 6.3 per cent, between Q4 2010 and Q4 2011.
There was a slight increase (+0.1 per cent) in theft and related offences (76,924) on the number during the same period last year (76,829).
Meanwhile, there decrease in all other categories of recorded offences during 2011 – with an overall decrease in the number of attempts or threats to murder, assaults, harassments and related offences (-6.2 per cent).
Dangerous or negligent acts fell by 17.8 per cent year on year,while controlled drug offences fell by 11.5 per cent and public order and other social code offences fell by 10.8 per cent.
While a rise was noted in the number of recorded sexual offences in 2010, this was was mainly due to an on-going review of all cases involving alleged sexual offences reported to An Garda Síochána. The report notes that some of these offences occurred at some distance in the past but are represented on the date of reclassification.
This review is being undertaken in conjunction with new Garda policy on the investigation of sexual crime, which was introduced in April 2010.
Homicides: 42 murder and manslaughter offences were recorded in 2011 (a decrease of 16 on 2010).
Sexual offences: the number of recorded cases decreased by 13 per cent (from 2,372 to ) between 2010 and 2011, however this is partly due to an increase in the number of cases examined in 2010 due to a Garda review (see above).
Attempts or threats to murder, assaults, harassments and related offences: the total number of harassment related offences fell by 20 per cent from 2,300 to 1,839, while other assault offences fell by 4.5 per cent to 10,813.
However, the number of recorded murder threats increased by 9.7 per cent from 361 to 396.
Dangerous or negligent acts: the number of recorded dangerous or negligent acts offences decreased by almost one-fifth (-17.8 per cent) to 9,940 when compared with 2010.
Kidnapping and related offences: the annual total for kidnapping and related offences fell by 22.4 per cent in 2011, from 134 to 103.
Robbery, extortion and hijacking offences: numbers fell by 8.7 per cent between 2010 and 2011.
Burglary and Related Offences: there were 27,439 recorded burglary and related offences in 2011, representing an increase of 2,019 (+7.9 per cent) on the number recorded in 2010. The rate of aggravated burglary remained unchanged.
Theft and related offences: theft from person offences increased by 28.3 per cent to 3,683 in 2011, while handling stolen property offences increased by 2.9 per cent to 42,882. Recorded theft/taking of vehicle and related offences fell by 9.5 per cent in the same period to 10,327.
Fraud, Deception and related offences: there was an increase of 6.3 per cent (315) cases of recorded fraud and related offences, with 5,311 recorded in 2011.
Controlled drug offences: there were 17,709 recorded Controlled drug offences in 2011, a decrease of 11.5 per cent on the previous year.
Meanwhile, there were 12,683 recorded offences of possession of drugs for personal use offences in 2011, a decrease of over 12 per cent on the corresponding figure from 2010.
Weapons and explosives offences: there was an decrease of over 15 per cent in such cases in 2011.
Possession of a firearm offences fell from 415 in 2010 to 296 in 2011, a decrease of over 28 per cent, while the number of offensive weapons offences fell from 3,040 to 2,625, marking a decrease of 13.7 per cent.
Damage to property and the environment: recorded arson offences decreased to 2,273 (-12.2 per cent) in 2011, while criminal damage (not arson) decreased by 9.1 per cent to 33,247.
Public order and other social code offences: the number of cases fell by 10.8 per cent to 49,015 in 2011. The most frequently occurring offences in this group were under disorderly conduct, which fell from 47,348 in 2010 to 42,047 in 2011.
Offences against government, justice procedures and organisation of crime: there was a decrease of 14.5 per cent in the number of cases, with 9,760 offences against government, justice procedures and organisation of crime recorded in 2011.
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