I have made inquiries of the Garda authorities and the information requested by the Deputy is laid out in the following table. It shows the number of assaults causing harm in each Garda division for the first nine months of 2005. In 2004, the total number of recorded assaults causing harm in the State was 3,867, with 2,393 detected. The figures provided in the Garda Síochána annual report for 2003 show a total of 3,926 recorded and 2,589 detected assaults causing harm. The statistics provided are provisional and liable to change.
Assault Causing Harm Offences Recorded and Detected from 1 January 2005 to 30 September 2005
Division
|
Recorded
|
Detected
|
Mayo
|
98
|
68
|
Clare
|
61
|
35
|
Kerry
|
75
|
41
|
Donegal
|
146
|
79
|
Wexford
|
93
|
61
|
Limerick
|
137
|
69
|
Cork City
|
175
|
104
|
Cork West
|
85
|
69
|
Tipperary
|
85
|
43
|
Cork North
|
88
|
47
|
Galway West
|
107
|
63
|
Louth/Meath
|
176
|
99
|
Laois/Offaly
|
86
|
66
|
Sligo/Leitrim
|
53
|
19
|
Carlow/Kildare
|
157
|
111
|
Cavan/Monaghan
|
144
|
108
|
D.M.R Eastern
|
140
|
60
|
D.M.R Western
|
183
|
77
|
D.M.R Northern
|
166
|
93
|
D.M.R Southern
|
166
|
80
|
Longford/Westmeath
|
82
|
44
|
Waterford/Kilkenny
|
136
|
95
|
D.M.R North Central
|
163
|
76
|
D.M.R South Central
|
189
|
95
|
Roscommon/Galway East
|
56
|
29
|
Totals
|
3,047
|
1,731
|