asked the Minister for Justice the crime detection rate in 1965 and 1969 for (a) the whole State and (b) the Dublin Metropolitan area.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Crime Detection Rate.
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Compilation of the crime statistics for 1969 is not yet completed and it is not possible, therefore, to give figures for that year.
The reports of the commissioner of the Garda Síochána on crime for 1965 and 1968 give the relevant information for those two years which is as as follows:
1965 (a) 70% (b) 58%
1968 (a) 61% (b) 49%