Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 5 Nov 1998

Vol. 496 No. 2

Written Answers. - Crime Levels.

Enda Kenny

Question:

163 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the comparative crime levels under all headings for each of the past two years for Castlebar, County Mayo, Ballinasloe, County Galway, Thurles, County Tipperary, Dungarvan, County Waterford, Navan, County Meath, Letterkenny, County Donegal and Portlaoise, County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22327/98]

Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Mr. O'Donoghue)

The crime statistics for 1996 and 1997 which the Deputy is looking for are set out in the following tables.

Castlebar, County Mayo

	1996	1997
	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected
Offences against the person	0	0	7	6
Offences against Property	108	42	111	45
Larcenies etc.	146	62	139	51
Other	0	0	1	1
Total	254	104	258	103

Percentage Detected: 1996, 41 per cent; 1997, 40 per cent.

Ballinasloe, County Galway

	1996	1997
	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected
Offences against the person	2	2	5	3
Offences against Property	139	83	126	64
Larcenies etc.	92	62	107	69
Other	1	1	0	0
Total	234	148	238	136

Percentage Detacted: 1996, 63 per cent, 1997, 57 per cent.

Thurles, County Tipperary

	1996	1997
	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected
Offences against the person	20	19	21	20
Offences against Property	127	61	112	56
Larcenies etc.	104	59	132	86
Other	2	2	0	0
Total	253	141	265	162

Percentage Detected: 1996, 56 per cent; 1997, 61 per cent.

Dungarvan, County Waterford

	1996	1997
	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected
Offences against the person	7	6	26	26
Offences against Property	211	111	223	123
Larcenies etc.	174	104	149	90
Other	2	2	2	2
Total	394	223	400	241

Percentage Detected: 1996, 57 per cent; 1997, 60 per cent.

Navan, County Meath

	1996	1997
	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected
Offences against the person	15	14	20	17
Offences against Property	537	258	543	215
Larcenies etc.	452	251	425	196
Other	7	7	11	11
Total	1,011	530	999	439

Percentage Detected: 1996, 52 per cent; 1997, 44 per cent.

Letterkenny, County Donegal

	1996	1997
	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected
Offences against the person	14	11	20	11
Offences against Property	317	143	344	165
Larcenies etc.	259	138	283	159
Other	3	3	7	7
Total	593	295	654	342

Percentage Detected: 1996, 50 per cent; 1997, 52 per cent.

Portlaoise, County Laois

	1996	1997
	Recorded	Detected	Recorded	Detected
Offences against the person	17	17	14	13
Offences against Property	211	95	294	114
Larcenies etc.	190	112	239	147
Other	5	4	19	19
Total	423	228	566	293

Percentage Detected: 1996, 54 per cent; 1997, 52 per cent.