Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 25 March 2021
146. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Justice the number of armed robbery cases reported to An Garda Síochána within the Waterford Garda division in each of the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021. [15987/21]
View answerAs the Deputy is aware the Central Statistics Office (CSO), as the national statistical agency, is responsible for the compilation and publication of all crime statistics. The CSO produces these statistics using data recorded on An Garda Síochána’s PULSE system and makes regular releases under reservation in relation to various crime statistics, including recorded and detected crime, and listing them by Garda Division. The CSO also continues to work with An Garda Síochána to address quality issues in the underlying data sources used to compile the statistics.
The particular breakdown sought by the Deputy is not available, as there is no classification on the CSO database for 'armed robbery'. To be of assistance, the table below shows the number of robberies in the Waterford Garda Division for 2019 and up to quarter 3 of 2020 as per the CSO records. I can inform the Deputy that the crime statistics from the CSO for the final quarter of 2020 are due to be released next week and I look forward to reviewing these statistics when they are available.
|
Waterford Garda Division |
Robbery, extortion and hijacking offences |
Robbery of an establishment or institution |
Robbery from the person |
Robbery of cash or goods in transit |
|
2019 |
34 |
4 |
25 |
0 |
|
2020 -Q1-Q3 |
33 |
4 |
22 |
0 |
The Deputy may be further interested to note that the most recent available crime statistics, as published by the Central Statistics Office on 21 December 2020, are available at https://data.cso.ie/product/RC.
