asked the Minister for Justice if he will furnish figures for the amount of indictable crime in the Dublin area for last year and the first quarter of this year, or the latest available figures.
Written Answers. - Dublin Crime Statistics.
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The number of indictable offences reported or known to the Garda during the year 1976 in respect of the Dublin Metropolitan Area was 29,872. The figure for the first quarter of 1977, which must be regarded as provisional at this stage, is 8,938.