asked the Minister for Justice if he will state, county by county, the numbers of persons of 18 years of age and under convicted of criminal charges in each of the years 1950-1959.
Written Answers. - Crime Statistics.
47.
The figures in respect of the calendar years 1950-1957 are as follows:—
|
County |
1950 |
1951 |
1952 |
1953 |
1954 |
1955 |
1956 |
1957 |
|
Carlow |
24 |
33 |
13 |
23 |
11 |
44 |
23 |
31 |
|
Cavan |
19 |
19 |
20 |
33 |
10 |
22 |
16 |
18 |
|
Clare |
33 |
46 |
37 |
23 |
18 |
39 |
23 |
25 |
|
Cork |
240 |
277 |
243 |
247 |
205 |
215 |
211 |
230 |
|
Donegal |
40 |
54 |
31 |
28 |
30 |
37 |
51 |
27 |
|
Dublin Metropolitan |
1,003 |
1,090 |
969 |
1,004 |
931 |
856 |
1,072 |
1,099 |
|
Dublin |
153 |
97 |
98 |
154 |
100 |
145 |
201 |
157 |
|
Galway |
40 |
54 |
52 |
56 |
40 |
36 |
52 |
38 |
|
Kerry |
42 |
61 |
30 |
46 |
39 |
46 |
42 |
37 |
|
Kildare |
36 |
45 |
63 |
43 |
21 |
29 |
41 |
16 |
|
Kilkenny |
21 |
33 |
5 |
30 |
26 |
18 |
35 |
31 |
|
Leitrim |
3 |
— |
11 |
2 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
|
Leix |
20 |
17 |
14 |
18 |
8 |
16 |
1 |
8 |
|
Limerick |
130 |
171 |
106 |
164 |
111 |
114 |
126 |
108 |
|
Longford |
10 |
13 |
9 |
7 |
7 |
4 |
13 |
5 |
|
Louth |
27 |
61 |
49 |
51 |
38 |
44 |
44 |
36 |
|
Mayo |
34 |
27 |
40 |
25 |
12 |
31 |
24 |
20 |
|
Meath |
18 |
15 |
10 |
12 |
8 |
6 |
21 |
17 |
|
Monaghan |
18 |
26 |
26 |
18 |
25 |
16 |
16 |
12 |
|
Offaly |
37 |
19 |
14 |
19 |
21 |
11 |
27 |
35 |
|
Roscommon |
8 |
6 |
15 |
7 |
14 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
|
Sligo |
15 |
28 |
6 |
20 |
21 |
21 |
15 |
9 |
|
Tipperary |
86 |
88 |
112 |
71 |
64 |
106 |
87 |
68 |
|
Waterford |
86 |
76 |
82 |
83 |
102 |
66 |
67 |
59 |
|
Westmeath |
16 |
29 |
7 |
12 |
16 |
10 |
28 |
26 |
|
Wexford |
48 |
30 |
47 |
57 |
28 |
31 |
34 |
34 |
|
Wicklow |
59 |
76 |
71 |
63 |
47 |
34 |
49 |
39 |
2. As a result of changes introduced in 1957/58 in the methods of compiling crime statistics, exactly comparable figures are not available for the following years. The following figures are the nearest available. They relate to the year ended 30th September and to persons under 17 years of age.
|
Garda Division |
1958 |
1959 |
1960 |
|
Carlow-Kildare |
75 |
86 |
75 |
|
Cavan-Monaghan |
45 |
65 |
44 |
|
Clare |
27 |
26 |
18 |
|
Cork E.R. |
238 |
265 |
313 |
|
Cork W.R. |
21 |
30 |
39 |
|
Donegal |
24 |
39 |
41 |
|
Dublin Metropolitan |
1,490 |
1,451 |
1,547 |
|
Dublin-Wicklow |
210 |
260 |
219 |
|
Galway E.-Roscommon |
10 |
25 |
22 |
|
Galway W.R. |
40 |
46 |
28 |
|
Kerry |
39 |
38 |
38 |
|
Leix-Offaly |
26 |
34 |
56 |
|
Limerick |
139 |
75 |
83 |
|
Longford-Westmeath |
64 |
39 |
36 |
|
Louth-Meath |
85 |
95 |
118 |
|
Mayo |
19 |
33 |
36 |
|
Sligo-Leitrim |
27 |
12 |
13 |
|
Tipperary |
70 |
97 |
104 |
|
Waterford-Kilkenny |
177 |
200 |
143 |
|
Wexford |
31 |
39 |
59 |
3. In both the foregoing tables, the figures include those cases in which the Court applied the Probation of Offenders Act.