Crime Levels.

Tuesday, 13 December 2005

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Paul McGrath

Question:

413 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the headline offences recorded and detailed for the districts (details supplied) in County Galway for the years 2000 to 2004. [39206/05]

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

I am informed by Garda authorities that the following tables show the headline offences by group for districts referred to in County Galway for years 2000 to 2004 and up to 31 October 2005.

Figures provided for 2004-2005 are provisional or operational and liable to change.

Headline Offences (by Group) Recorded and Detected for Garda District of Loughrea for Years 2000 to 2005.

District: Loughrea	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000
	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det
Homicide	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Assault	14	11	11	8	18	14	22	17	32	27	2	2
Sexual Offences	3	1	5	3	0	0	5	5	1	0	1	1
Arson	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	2	4	0	1	0
Drugs	5	5	0	0	4	4	4	4	1	1	0	0
Thefts	131	32	196	73	189	70	140	45	94	18	55	24
Burglary	48	4	46	0	55	8	77	29	38	3	30	13
Robbery	2	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
Fraud	11	8	9	2	6	2	13	5	15	9	17	14
Other	3	1	4	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
Total	217	62	272	89	275	100	268	109	185	58	106	54

Headline Offences (by Group) Recorded and Detected for Garda District of Gort for Years 2000 to 2005

District: Gort	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000
	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det
Homicide	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Assault	8	3	13	9	13	10	5	4	1	0	5	5
Sexual Offences	4	2	1	1	6	5	5	2	2	2	0	0
Arson	4	0	0	0	2	1	3	1	1	0	2	1
Drugs	4	4	4	4	5	5	7	7	1	1	3	3
Thefts	78	21	88	16	87	15	97	10	91	16	51	26
Burglary	36	2	36	4	39	2	49	3	47	10	42	10
Robbery	0	0	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
Fraud	7	3	6	4	4	2	11	8	12	10	9	8
Other	3	1	4	4	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	0
Total	147	38	154	44	160	43	180	36	156	39	114	55

Headline Offences (by Group) Recorded and Detected for Garda District of Ballinasloe for Years 2000 to 2005

District: Ballinasloe	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000
	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det
Homicide	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Assault	6	5	24	21	14	12	29	26	26	23	7	7
Sexual Offences	1	1	7	4	3	1	6	2	3	2	3	3
Arson	1	1	2	1	0	0	7	3	4	2	2	0
Drugs	1	1	7	7	13	12	9	9	14	14	9	9
Thefts	107	42	151	60	142	59	175	78	98	44	78	43
Burglary	72	17	53	18	58	25	66	25	71	37	56	25
Robbery	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	1
Fraud	15	8	23	15	7	3	23	20	21	13	17	14
Other	0	0	6	6	4	2	7	5	2	2	5	5
Total	204	75	273	132	244	117	323	168	240	138	178	107

Headline Offences (by Group) Recorded and Detected for Garda District of Tuam for Years 2000 to 2005

District: Tuam	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000
	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det
Homicide	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Assault	16	10	30	19	26	19	30	24	31	29	7	7
Sexual Offences	6	2	9	5	8	2	8	6	11	9	2	2
Arson	3	1	1	0	5	2	0	0	5	3	2	1
Drugs	4	4	3	3	3	3	6	6	0	0	3	3
Thefts	117	33	139	49	146	43	170	65	85	38	73	26
Burglary	50	18	38	8	55	16	78	17	57	24	67	29
Robbery	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0
Fraud	12	9	5	3	8	4	32	27	44	40	8	7
Other	4	3	3	1	4	2	4	3	3	3	0	0
Total	214	81	229	89	256	91	331	151	237	147	162	75

Headline Offences (by Group) Recorded and Detected for Garda District of Galway for Years 2000 to 2005

District: Galway	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000
	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det	Rec	Det
Homicide	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
Assault	73	34	66	42	104	78	164	104	105	77	37	30
Sexual Offences	45	11	39	13	72	60	91	67	52	24	35	28
Arson	25	0	27	7	25	3	36	4	43	3	15	3
Drugs	32	30	43	43	38	37	55	54	42	42	41	41
Thefts	1,486	615	1,291	565	1,207	658	1,302	465	1,112	438	683	268
Burglary	518	45	366	55	442	81	621	143	493	78	364	89
Robbery	39	9	37	9	44	16	63	33	38	8	37	12
Fraud	57	31	60	45	86	51	194	151	145	104	155	106
Other	23	16	28	23	28	22	25	18	25	13	6	5
Total	2,299	791	1,957	802	2,047	1,007	2,551	1,039	2,056	788	1,373	582

* The sub-district of Athenry is included in the Galway Garda district.