Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 7 Nov 2002

Vol. 556 No. 5

Written Answers. - Crime Levels.

Richard Bruton

Question:

175 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the latest estimates available to him of headline and nonheadline assaults in Dublin and in the rest of the country for 2001 and to date in 2002. [20925/02]

Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Mr. McDowell)

I am informed by the Garda authorities that the following tables show the numbers of headline and non-headline assaults for the years 2000 and 2001 for the Dublin metropolitan region and for the rest of the state.

Dublin Metropolitan Region

	2000	2001
Headline Offences
Assault Causing Harm	547	1,156
Non-Headline
Assault	2,751	3,047
Assault (Gardaí on duty)	200	191

Rest of State

	2000	2001
Headline Offences
Assault Causing Harm	1,156	1,958
Non-Headline
Assault	5,671	5,824
Assault (Gardaí on duty)	608	687

Statistics for year 2001 are provisional and have not yet been published. Statistics for year 2002 are currently the subject of a validation process and are not available.