Crime Levels.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 8 December 2004

Wednesday, 8 December 2004

Questions (142, 143)

Bernard J. Durkan

Question:

143 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of crimes under various categories detected or reported and in respect of which convictions were secured in County Kildare in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32731/04]

Bernard J. Durkan

Question:

144 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which the various categories of crime are on the increase/decrease in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32732/04]

Written answers

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

I have made inquiries with the Garda authorities regarding the number of crimes recorded under various categories in County Kildare. the accompanying tables show the requested statistics for the Carlow/Kildare division.

Table 1.

Carlow/Kildare Division Headline Offences where convictions are recorded.
	2003	2002	2001
Group 1 Homicides	0	0	0
Group 2 Assaults	19	75	16
Group 3 Sexual Offences	1	5	6
Group 4 Arson	0	3	3
Group 5 Drugs	9	28	28
Group 6 Thefts	122	123	55
Group 7 Burglaries	34	46	17
Group 8 Robberies	1	12	2
Group 9 Frauds	24	48	17
Group 10 Other Headline Offences	2	15	6
Total	212	355	150

Comparable statistics for 2004 are operational and not yet available.

Table 2.

Headline Offences recorded and detected in Carlow/Kildare Division 2000-2003.
	2000	2001	2002	2003
	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det
Group 1 Homicides	6	6	4	4	1	1	0	0
Group 2 Assaults	72	65	119	98	282	227	216	147
Group 3 Sexual Offences	41	30	80	63	123	70	168	110
Group 4 Arson	51	18	50	16	55	10	63	12
Group 5 Drugs	77	77	83	83	87	87	93	92
Group 6 Thefts	1,196	487	1,661	527	2,049	550	2,290	723
Group 7 Burglaries	1,385	217	1,434	206	1,672	212	1,605	186
Group 8 Robberies	58	23	79	30	80	31	74	15
Group 9 Frauds	216	190	203	174	205	134	212	167
Group 10 Other Headline Offences	10	9	38	34	85	76	51	39
Total Headline Offences Recorded	3,112	3,751	4,639	4,772
Number Detected	1,122	1,235	1,398	1,491
Percentage Detected	36%	33%	30%	31%

Comparable statistics for 2004 are operational and not yet available.