Crime Levels.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 4 May 2005

Wednesday, 4 May 2005

Ceisteanna (366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373)

Olwyn Enright

Ceist:

393 Ms Enright asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics for the Birr area of County Offaly for 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 under each headline, including the total recorded and detected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14028/05]

Olwyn Enright

Ceist:

394 Ms Enright asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics for the Tullamore area of County Offaly for 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 under each headline, including the total recorded and detected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14029/05]

Olwyn Enright

Ceist:

395 Ms Enright asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics for the Edenderry area of County Offaly for 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 under each headline, including the total recorded and detected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14030/05]

Olwyn Enright

Ceist:

396 Ms Enright asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics for the Ferbane area of County Offaly for 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 under each headline, including the total recorded and detected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14031/05]

Olwyn Enright

Ceist:

397 Ms Enright asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics for the Portlaoise area of County Laois for 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 under each headline, including the total recorded and detected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14032/05]

Olwyn Enright

Ceist:

398 Ms Enright asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics for the Portarlington area of County Laois for 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 under each headline, including the total recorded and detected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14033/05]

Olwyn Enright

Ceist:

399 Ms Enright asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics for the Mountmellick area of County Laois for 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 under each headline, including the total recorded and detected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14034/05]

Olwyn Enright

Ceist:

400 Ms Enright asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics for the Abbeyleix area of County Laois for 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 under each headline, including the total recorded and detected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14035/05]

Freagraí scríofa

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

I propose to take Questions Nos. 393 to 400, inclusive, together.

I have been informed by the Garda authorities that Portlaoise, Portarlington and Mountmellick Garda sub-districts are included in the Garda district of Portlaoise, that Tullamore and Edenderry Garda sub-districts are included in the Garda district of Tullamore, that Birr and Ferbane Garda sub-districts are included in the Birr Garda district and that Abbeyleix is a Garda district headquarters.

I can further inform the Deputy that each of the ten headline offences listed in the following tables contain different individual offences and these can be found in more detail in the relevant Garda Síochána annual reports for the years in question. It is important to note that the statistics provided for 2004 are provisional and are, therefore, subject to validation and change.

Table 1

Headline offences recorded and detected for Birr Garda district from 2000 to 2004*
Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004*
	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec
Homicide	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Assault	3	3	11	10	27	26	18	16	18	15
Sexual Offences	4	2	13	8	9	6	15	7	8	6
Arson	6	2	0	0	2	2	3	1	4	3
Drugs	1	1	6	6	4	4	4	4	9	9
Thefts	82	42	104	34	187	59	211	65	163	55
Burglary	88	36	68	17	107	25	111	30	113	37
Robbery	1	0	0	0	3	1	1	1	1	1
Fraud	5	2	21	21	9	7	9	6	14	12
Other	0	0	1	0	4	3	9	8	8	7
Total	190	88	225	97	352	133	382	138	338	145

*Statistics for 2004 are provisional/operational and liable to change.

Table 2

Headline offences recorded and detected for Tullamore Garda district from 2000 to 2004*
Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004*
	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec
Homicide	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Assault	21	19	31	28	58	54	43	40	61	58
Sexual Offences	12	11	41	37	39	29	17	7	16	13
Arson	6	3	8	5	2	0	9	6	12	4
Drugs	26	26	26	26	28	28	28	25	26	23
Thefts	221	117	243	150	390	181	429	198	413	186
Burglary	236	74	210	67	215	58	192	34	239	61
Robbery	9	8	8	5	11	5	9	5	9	5
Fraud	23	21	44	36	61	48	41	40	48	43
Other	4	3	7	6	11	9	9	9	40	40
Total	559	283	618	360	815	412	777	364	864	433

*Statistics for 2004 are provisional/operational and liable to change.

Table 3

Headline offences recorded and detected for Portlaoise Garda district from 2000 to 2004*
Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004*
	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec
Homicide	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Assault	21	20	30	24	51	47	28	26	41	31
Sexual Offences	7	7	29	27	12	8	13	7	4	4
Arson	3	0	2	1	6	4	8	3	7	2
Drugs	10	10	38	38	37	35	51	51	61	61
Thefts	253	131	266	117	517	221	616	267	509	247
Burglary	187	29	253	71	299	69	208	51	229	46
Robbery	6	3	6	1	18	9	7	2	5	1
Fraud	47	45	70	68	59	57	25	18	57	51
Other	5	5	6	6	9	4	8	6	10	6
Total	540	251	700	353	1,008	454	965	432	923	449

*Statistics for 2004 are provisional/operational and liable to change.

Table 4

Headline offences recorded and detected for Abbeyleix Garda district from 2000 to 2004*
Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004*
	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec
Homicide	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Assault	2	2	20	17	15	7	16	13	15	10
Sexual Offences	3	3	2	1	8	6	3	2	4	4
Arson	2	0	2	1	3	1	6	4	2	0
Drugs	2	2	1	1	1	1	11	11	1	1
Thefts	38	14	53	10	87	34	114	21	124	28
Burglary	87	3	90	10	93	9	135	12	120	10
Robbery	2	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	5	2
Fraud	4	2	14	9	5	2	3	3	6	3
Other	3	3	5	4	3	0	4	3	3	2
Total	143	29	188	54	215	60	295	70	280	60

*Statistics for 2004 are provisional/operational and liable to change.