Crime Levels.

Wednesday, 22 June 2005

Questions (228)

Bernard Allen

Question:

240 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will supply the details of headline offences recorded and detailed for each of the districts within the Cork metropolitan area and Cork county areas in the years 1997, 2000, 2002 and 2004. [21345/05]

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

With regard to crime figures, the Deputy will be aware that on becoming Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, I arranged for the publication of headline crime statistics on a quarterly basis in order to improve the quality of information available to the public. While caution should be exercised in interpreting levels of crime between quarters, I am pleased to note that during my term of office as Minister, the quarterly crime rate has decreased from 6.7 per 1,000 population to 6 per 1,000 over the longer period of 11 quarters for which figures are available. This trend is reflected throughout most Garda districts in the country. In interpreting these figures, account has also to be taken of the introduction of the new PULSE computer system by the Garda Síochána in 1999, which led to more complete and comprehensive recording of crimes reported than was previously the case. The Deputy will also wish to be aware that, taking into account the significant increase in our population since 1995, the headline crime rate has fallen from 29 per 1,000 population in 1995 to 25 per 1,000 population in 2004.

The following tables show the headline offences for the years 2000 to 2004 inclusive for the Garda divisions of Cork city, Cork north and Cork west by Garda district. Figures prior to 2000 are not comparable to figures provided for 2000 onwards.

Table 1

Headline Offences Recorded and Detected for Cobh Garda District from 2000 to 2004.
Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det
Homicide	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Assault	20	20	24	19	55	50	50	31	30	19
Sexual offences	8	8	31	28	24	16	24	11	9	1
Arson	2	1	4	1	10	0	9	1	2	0
Drugs	17	17	11	11	13	13	11	11	13	11
Thefts	147	63	210	58	249	59	277	61	194	70
Burglary	89	41	106	24	144	33	86	11	75	30
Robbery	2	2	1	1	4	0	3	1	4	2
Fraud	10	9	7	5	10	4	32	21	13	12
Other	3	2	8	6	17	14	13	9	11	10
Total	298	163	402	153	526	189	505	157	351	155

*Statistics for 2004 are provisional/operational and liable to change.

Table 2

Headline offences recorded and detected for Mayfield Garda district from 2000 to 2004.
Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det
Homicide	0	0	1	0	3	3	1	1	0	0
Assault	37	35	61	56	79	68	46	43	43	36
Sexual offences	12	12	23	17	34	10	21	13	17	11
Arson	34	18	43	16	27	12	46	8	33	6
Drugs	33	33	37	37	44	44	28	28	35	34
Thefts	442	172	467	234	603	251	503	213	532	221
Burglary	250	111	261	131	258	83	202	91	245	116
Robbery	28	16	27	15	41	26	34	20	54	28
Fraud	31	23	23	19	25	15	39	28	19	14
Other	4	4	6	3	18	17	13	9	7	4
Total	871	424	949	528	1,132	529	933	454	985	470

*Statistics for 2004 are provisional/operational and liable to change.

Table 3

Headline Offences Recorded and Detected for Macroom Garda District from 2000 to 2004.
Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det
Homicide	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Assault	6	6	2	2	11	10	11	10	14	14
Sexual offences	4	4	2	2	2	1	6	5	6	6
Arson	1	0	4	2	2	2	2	0	4	1
Drugs	7	7	4	4	7	7	13	13	6	6
Thefts	41	8	66	28	87	27	76	21	108	47
Burglary	57	18	94	26	75	23	47	10	45	15
Robbery	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
Fraud	2	0	23	17	7	6	47	46	4	2
Other	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	1
Total	121	45	196	82	194	78	204	107	189	92

*Statistics for 2004 are provisional/operational and liable to change.

Table 4

Headline Offences Recorded and Detected for Gurranabrather Garda District from 2000 to 2004.
Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det
Homicide	2	2	1	1	3	3	1	0	1	1
Assault	25	20	47	27	73	57	59	40	49	35
Sexual offences	10	8	13	4	30	13	16	11	23	15
Arson	32	10	10	2	30	7	31	3	32	3
Drugs	18	18	16	16	21	21	24	23	25	25
Thefts	267	87	301	86	313	82	268	78	414	109
Burglary	214	83	230	41	235	48	150	30	186	43
Robbery	11	8	16	8	10	1	19	4	14	9
Fraud	32	29	10	8	8	5	19	14	44	40
Other	0	0	7	4	24	21	13	11	8	5
Total	611	265	651	197	747	258	600	214	796	285

*Statistics for 2004 are provisional/operational and liable to change.

Table 5

Headline Offences Recorded and Detected for Anglesea Garda District from 2000 to 2004.
Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det
Homicide	2	2	1	1	11	11	0	0	0	0
Assault	64	46	77	66	179	132	111	89	113	78
Sexual Offences	13	7	13	8	35	20	36	23	44	35
Arson	21	2	26	2	40	10	29	3	38	3
Drugs	91	91	73	73	53	53	46	46	27	27
Thefts	1,072	611	1,366	767	1,987	1,082	1,962	1,102	1,847	1,138
Burglary	323	158	381	152	386	115	296	112	280	123
Robbery	61	26	87	48	51	30	86	51	54	37
Fraud	113	98	51	42	145	116	135	98	100	82
Other	6	5	12	10	34	29	20	15	23	17
Total	1,766	1,046	2,087	1,169	2,921	1,598	2,721	1,539	2,526	1,540

*Statistics for 2004 are provisional/operational and liable to change.

Table 6

Headline Offences Recorded and Detected for Togher Garda District from 2000 to 2004.
Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det
Homicide	0	0	1	1	4	4	2	1	0	0
Assault	10	7	29	25	76	59	69	44	49	37
Sexual Offences	16	12	23	16	37	23	28	17	30	18
Arson	14	4	26	9	22	5	27	6	39	7
Drugs	27	27	22	22	41	40	28	28	32	32
Thefts	477	198	513	196	648	306	713	297	708	309
Burglary	300	82	429	135	306	64	297	59	315	55
Robbery	18	8	32	19	22	4	32	21	35	15
Fraud	52	47	50	38	55	44	50	34	57	46
Other	5	5	3	3	15	10	6	6	9	5
Total	919	390	1,128	464	1,226	559	1,252	513	1,274	524

*Statistics for 2004 are provisional/operational and liable to change.

Table 7

Headline Offences Recorded and Detected for Fermoy Garda District from 2000 to 2004.
Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det
Homicide	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Assault	10	10	24	21	37	28	34	27	18	17
Sexual Offences	3	3	4	1	26	21	17	7	6	3
Arson	0	0	1	0	4	1	6	0	6	5
Drugs	7	7	12	12	18	17	13	12	14	13
Thefts	127	54	170	64	223	66	209	44	170	55
Burglary	68	19	88	15	133	28	138	10	101	14
Robbery	1	1	0	0	2	0	4	0	1	0
Fraud	25	24	14	9	22	8	19	14	26	21
Other	1	1	2	2	7	5	2	0	5	4
Total	242	119	315	124	472	174	442	114	347	132

*Statistics for 2004 are provisional/operational and liable to change.

Table 8

Headline Offences Recorded and Detected for Mallow Garda District from 2000 to 2004.
Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det
Homicide	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Assault	10	10	14	10	36	31	22	16	23	16
Sexual Offences	2	2	9	3	6	3	4	3	1	1
Arson	4	2	1	0	2	0	8	3	3	0
Drugs	6	6	3	3	7	7	4	4	15	13
Thefts	154	87	147	48	205	51	275	85	187	76
Burglary	83	25	104	26	103	14	112	16	91	18
Robbery	0	0	3	2	6	1	4	1	4	0
Fraud	7	7	13	12	24	18	34	26	29	27
Other	1	1	3	3	6	6	9	5	10	6
Total	267	140	297	107	395	131	472	159	363	157

*Statistics for 2004 are provisional/operational and liable to change.