Garda Prosecutions.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 13 May 2004

Thursday, 13 May 2004

Questions (174)

Richard Bruton

Question:

174 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime and detection rates by the Garda in each year from 1998 to 2003, inclusive, and classified by headline and non-headline crimes; the total number of cases handled by the probation service in each year for the same period, classified by main category. [14079/04]

Written answers

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

I have had inquiries made with the Garda authorities. The following tabular statements give headline crime statistics for 2003 and details of non-headline offences where proceedings commenced. The statistics furnished for 2003 are provisional and are subject to change. Crime statistics for the years 1998 to 2002, inclusive, are published in the Garda Síochána's annual reports and are available in the Oireachtas Library.

	Recorded2003	Detected2003	% Detected2003
Headline Offence Groups			%
Group 1 Homicides	101	73	72
Group 2 Assaults	4,738	3,171	67
Group 3 Sexual Offences	2,463	1,505	61
Group 4 Arson	1,440	227	16
Group 5 Drugs	2,715	2,695	99
Group 6 Thefts	57,870	20,640	36
Group 7 Burglaries	25,733	4,438	17
Group 8 Robberies	2,794	909	33
Group 9 Frauds	4,037	2,529	63
Group 10 Other Headline Offences	1,469	997	68
Total	103,360	37,184	36

Non-Headline Offences Where Proceedings Commenced in 2003.

	2003
EASTERN REGION	43,053
Carlow-Kildare	13,727
Laois-Offaly	5,478
Longford-Westmeath	5,423
Louth-Meath	18,425
DUBLIN METROPOLITAN REGION	136,273
Eastern	14,448
North Central	25,568
Northern	18,738
South Central	26,410
Southern	26,029
Western	25,080
NORTHERN REGION	18,112
Cavan-Monaghan	8,194
Donegal	6,769
Sligo-Leitrim	3,149
SOUTH EASTERN REGION	24,692
Tipperary	6,876
Waterford-Kilkenny	9,002
Wexford-Wicklow	8,814
SOUTHERN REGION	45,771
Cork City	16,652
Cork North	5,034
Cork West	4,838
Kerry	7,019
Limerick	12,228
WESTERN REGION	24,378
Clare	5,740
Galway West	8,186
Mayo	5,941
Roscommon-Galway East	4,511
Total	292,279

The total number of cases handled by the probation and welfare service in the years 1998 to 2000, inclusive, classified by main category are as follows:

Offence	1998	1999	2000
Manslaughter	0	1	2
Assault	754	692	537
Sexual Offences	119	118	65
Arson	28	23	18
Drugs Offences	514	519	392
Larceny	1,260	1,130	1,101
Burglary	282	225	145
Robbery	168	111	169
Embezzlement, Fraud and Extortion	89	63	55
Others	2,308	2,431	2,423
Total	5,522	5,313	4,907

Statistics on the cases handled by the probation and welfare service are not yet available for the years 2001 to 2003, inclusive.