Crime Levels.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 3 November 2005

Thursday, 3 November 2005

Questions (243)

John Curran

Question:

241 Mr. Curran asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime figures on a yearly basis for the period 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and to date in 2005 for Clondalkin, Ronanstown, Lucan, Ballyfermot and Rathcoole Garda stations. [32197/05]

Written answers

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

In relation 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. 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.

I am informed by the Garda authorities that the table below provides the headline offences for Lucan Garda district and Clondalkin Garda district. Ronanstown and Lucan Garda stations are included in Lucan Garda district, and Clondalkin, Ballyfermot and Rathcoole Garda stations are included in Clondalkin Garda district.

Headline Offences Recorded and Detected for Garda District of Lucan for Years 2001 to 2005.

District: Lucan	2005* to 31 October 2005	2004*	2003	2002	2001
	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det
Homicide	3	1	2	2	3	2	1	0	2	1
Assault	75	27	103	50	130	79	135	87	96	58
Sexual Offences	36	9	57	30	26	6	31	20	27	16
Arson	18	1	32	5	30	1	34	4	29	4
Drugs	99	99	91	91	86	86	71	71	72	72
Thefts	1,028	304	1,194	348	1,322	385	1,358	482	1,152	430
Burglary	368	23	446	20	562	64	552	95	407	89
Robbery	57	17	85	14	74	24	74	16	96	40
Fraud	46	16	50	30	39	19	47	28	32	22
Other	50	21	32	12	48	23	31	14	16	11
Total	1,780	518	2,092	602	2,328	689	2,334	817	1,929	742

* Figures provided are provisional-operational and liable to change.

Headline Offences Recorded and Detected for Garda District of Clondalkin for Years 2001 to 2005.

District: Lucan	2005* to 31 October 2005	2004*	2003	2002	2001
	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det
Homicide	5	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2
Assault	70	31	94	60	99	56	152	99	128	89
Sexual Offences	25	5	29	14	55	40	76	48	32	26
Arson	25	0	51	4	70	3	44	3	71	7
Drugs	75	75	94	94	121	121	135	135	97	97
Thefts	901	200	1,058	217	1,142	326	1,240	305	1,183	330
Burglary	392	51	521	64	680	110	664	126	523	107
Robbery	64	12	72	18	109	20	112	41	144	68
Fraud	38	18	130	106	74	56	55	22	16	9
Other	35	11	48	27	42	24	50	32	36	19
Total	1,630	404	2,098	605	2,393	757	2,530	812	2,232	754

* Figures provided are provisional-operational and liable to change.

Question No. 242 answered with QuestionNo. 221.