Support from readers like you keeps The Journal open.

You are visiting us because we have something you value. Independent, unbiased news that tells the truth. Advertising revenue goes some way to support our mission, but this year it has not been enough.

If you've seen value in our reporting, please contribute what you can, so we can continue to produce accurate and meaningful journalism. For everyone who needs it.

crime stats

Number of burglaries and thefts rose sharply across Ireland last year, new figures show

3 Mar

9.7k

128

crime stats

Close to 20% rise in robbery, extortion and hijacking offences over the past year

Updated 26 Jun 2024

8.8k

CSO

Number of murders 'nearly doubled' in Ireland year-on-year, new statistics show

25 Sep 2023

16.4k

crime stats

Victims and offenders in one in seven sexual violence cases aged under 18, says CSO

27 Apr 2022

4.5k

crime stats

Number of fraud incidents recorded by gardaí rises by 40% in past year

29 Sep 2021

6.6k

Lockdown

Sharp decline in recorded crime rates in 2020 amid pandemic

29 Mar 2021

7.6k

crime stats

Burglaries fall 20% due to Covid-19 pandemic but drugs and weapon offences increase

21 Dec 2020

12.0k

crime stats

Burglaries fell by 52% in three month period of initial Covid lockdown

29 Sep 2020

13.7k

crime stats

Less than half of people in Ireland have confidence in justice system, CSO figures show

8 Jul 2020

15.2k

pandemic stats

Garda stats: Domestic violence, drug possession and fraud on the rise during lockdown

12 Jun 2020

9.9k

crime stats

Fraud and drug offences on the up, but number of murders decreases

27 Sep 2019

6.9k

CSO

More people coming forward to gardaí as reporting of sex offences increases by over 54%

Updated 24 Jun 2019

14.3k

Operation Thor

Garda stats show winter burglaries drop by 50% in four years

13 May 2019

9.3k

Crime

New figures show increases in crime across every category (except homicides)

27 Jun 2018

10.8k

crime stats

Number of recorded rapes leaped nearly 30% last year amid spike in sexual offences

28 Mar 2018

26.1k

crime stats

Homicides increase by nearly 20% after review finds gardaí inaccurately recorded all types of crime

28 Mar 2018

11.5k

missing figures

The CSO will publish crime statistics for the first time in almost a year later today

28 Mar 2018

9.5k

source of frustration

Publication of crime stats delayed again as review into 89 missing homicides continues

7 Sep 2017

12.5k

crime stats

Murders up 31% in Ireland with 38 in 2016

29 Mar 2017

23.1k

Crime

There has been an increase in sexual assaults and a decrease in burglaries

29 Jun 2016

10.9k

crime stats

Murders are down, but sexual assaults and poisonings are on the rise

28 Sep 2015

16.5k

garda report

In two years, 34,000 people who should have had fingerprints taken did not

12 Nov 2014

10.7k

Crime

Murders up, but most other crimes down in the 12 months to March

30 Jun 2014

5.4k

gra conference

Crimes 'slipping through the net' due to lack of garda resources

29 Apr 2014

5.7k

crime stats

Criminals are engaging in less burglary but more kidnapping

31 Mar 2014

7.6k

CSO

New crime figures show fall in sexual offences and burglaries

24 Sep 2013

4.8k

Evening Wrap

The 5 at 5 5 stories, 5 minutes, 5 o’clock.

28 Jun 2013

6.0k

crime stats

New crime figures show burglaries on the rise

21 Dec 2012

4.9k

crime stats

Crime is falling - but kidnapping and burglaries have risen sharply

28 Sep 2012

4.8k

Load More Stories