Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 9 Dec 1993

Vol. 437 No. 1

Written Answers. - Crime Statistics.

Tony Gregory

Question:

85 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice regarding the Kilmainham and Kevin Street Garda Districts the level of recorded crime as opposed to the national average, the categories of crime involved and the relevant percentages, available statistics of crimes against women, the level of detection as opposed to the national average, the number of women convicted of crimes, and the Garda manpower, number of vehicles and other such resources available in each of these districts.

Minister for Justice (Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn)

The information which is readily available is set out in the tabular statement below:

Group 1—Offences against the person.

Group 2—Offences against property with violence.

Group 3—Larcenies, etc.

Group 4—Other indictable offences.

Recorded Indictable Crime in 1992

	Kevin Street Sub-district	Kilmainham Sub-district	Country as a whole
Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected
Group 1	17	11	10	3	1,298	1,005
Group 2	756	142	553	112	41,736	12,996
Group 3	1,663	188	738	107	52,026	18,077
Group 4	1	1	8	6	331	322
Total	2,437	342(14%)	1,309	228(17.4%)	95,391	32,400(34%)

Crimes Against Women in 1992

	Kevin Street	Kilmainham
Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected
Group 1	10	7	5	3
Group 2	218	32	197	48
Group 3	663	57	290	26
Group 4	1	1	2	0
Total	892	97(11%)	494	77(15.6%)

While these detection rates are relatively low I understand that measures already taken by the Garda authorities have resulted in a significant improvement to date this year.

Garda Strength

Kevin Street Sub-district	Kilmainham Sub-district
130	86

There are 3 full time members on Community Policing in Kevin Street and 6 in Kilmainham.

Eleven vehicles are attached to Kevin Street Garda Station and eight vehicles to Kilmainham Garda Station.

The area is also patrolled by the Divisional Task Force and specialist units attached to Harcourt Square.