Crime Data

Wednesday, 30 January 2019

Questions (135)

Bernard Durkan

Question:

135. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reported attacks on women in each of the past five years to date; the degree to which the perpetrator was known to the victim by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4654/19]

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Minister for Justice and Equality

As the Deputy will be aware, the Central Statistics Office (CSO), as the national statistical agency, is responsible for the compilation and publication of all crime statistics.

The table provides a breakdown of relevant offences by victim gender and Garda Region. However, the CSO has advised that it is not in a position to provide the breakdown at county level.

I am further advised that is not possible to provide information on the degree to which the perpetrator was known to the victim. However, the CSO Review of the Quality of Recorded Crime Statistics which was published in December 2018, found that more comprehensive recording of data on the relationship between victim and offender will be necessary in order to ensure that statistics generated using PULSE data will meet the needs of data users.

It is worth noting that all statistics on recorded crimes are currently categorised as "Under Reservation". An Garda Síochána, with assistance from the CSO, continue to make good progress on returning the crime figures to the higher standard expected of our national crime statistics. I am determined that this body of work be completed as soon as possible and I welcome the continued diligence of the Policing Authority in monitoring this matter.

Recorded Crime Offences for selected incident types by gender and Garda Region for the period 2014 - 2018

Region	Offence Type	Period	female	male	All
1 Northern Region	Homicide Offences note 2	2014 - 2018 note 1	8	18	26
		2014	156	38	194
		2015	181	53	234
		2016	195	57	252
		2017	219	52	271
		2018 note 1	211	56	267
	Sexual Offences note 3	Total	962	256	1218
		2014	662	1130	1792
		2015	683	1171	1854
		2016	772	1190	1962
		2017	944	1318	2262
		2018 note 1	672	983	1655
	Assaults, harassments and related offences note 4	Total	3733	5792	9525
2 Western Region	Homicide Offences note 2	2014 - 2018 note 1	4	9	13
		2014	159	34	193
		2015	207	34	241
		2016	187	58	245
		2017	211	39	250
		2018 note 1	173	29	202
	Sexual Offences note 3	Total	937	194	1131
		2014 - 2018 note 1	540	1036	1576
		2015	584	1134	1718
		2016	586	932	1518
		2017	633	1123	1756
		2018 note 1	556	850	1406
	Assaults, harassments and related offences note 4	Total	2899	5075	7974
3 Southern Region	Homicide Offences note 2	2014 - 2018 note 1	6	30	36
		2014	254	66	320
		2015	304	80	384
		2016	293	66	359
		2017	425	102	527
		2018	333	43	376
	Sexual Offences note 3	Total	1609	357	1966
		2014	982	1599	2581
		2015	1037	1778	2815
		2016	1089	1654	2743
		2017	1268	2051	3319
		2018 note 1	943	1427	2370
	Assaults, harassments and related offences note 4	Total	5319	8509	13828
4 Eastern Region	Homicide Offences note 2	2014 - 2018 note 1	8	25	33
		2014	247	60	307
		2015	235	58	293
		2016	309	59	368
		2017	318	70	388
		2018 note 1	240	58	298
	Sexual Offences note 3	Total	1349	305	1654
		2014	778	1213	1991
		2015	894	1307	2201
		2016	880	1276	2156
		2017	1024	1488	2512
		2018 note 1	862	1222	2084
	Assaults, harassments and related offences note 4	Total	4438	6506	10944
5 South Eastern Region	Homicide Offences note 2	2014 - 2018 note 1	5	12	17
		2014	212	61	273
		2015	194	48	242
		2016	210	55	265
		2017	269	79	348
		2018 note 1	227	57	284
	Sexual Offences note 3	Total	1112	300	1412
		2014	558	915	1473
		2015	736	1020	1756
		2016	672	954	1626
		2017	795	1080	1875
		2018 note 1	643	894	1537
	Assaults, harassments and related offences note 4	Total	3404	4863	8267
6 Dublin Region	Homicide Offences note 2	2014 - 2018 note 1	15	78	93
		2014	445	131	576
		2015	543	130	673
		2016	590	146	736
		2017	608	141	749
		2018 note 1	498	140	638
	Sexual Offences note 3	Total	2684	688	3372
		2014	1415	2621	4036
		2015	1591	3118	4709
		2016	1964	2956	4920
		2017	2071	3289	5360
		2018 note 1	1655	2652	4307
	Assaults, harassments and related offences note 4	Total	8696	14636	23332

Note 1: Data for 2018 data is for the 9 month period from 01/01/2018 to 30/09/2018

Note 2: Homicide Offences include all recorded incidents of Murder & Manslaughter

Note 3: Sexual Offences include all recorded incidents of Rape, Sexual Assault, Sexual Offences involving Mentally impaired person or persons under 17

Note 4: Assaults, harassments and related offences contains all recorded incidents of Assault, Coercion, Harassment, Poisoning, Threats to Kill or Cause Serious Harm, Murder Attempt, Female Genital Mutilation.