Crime Levels.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 4 May 2005

Wednesday, 4 May 2005

Ceisteanna (377, 378, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383)

Gay Mitchell

Ceist:

404 Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics for the Terenure Garda station area, Dublin, for 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004; the personnel strength by rank for each of these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14080/05]

Gay Mitchell

Ceist:

405 Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics for the Kevin Street Garda station area, Dublin, for 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004; the personnel strength by rank for each of these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14081/05]

Gay Mitchell

Ceist:

406 Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics for the Kilmainham Garda station area, Dublin, for 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004; the personnel strength by rank for each of these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14082/05]

Gay Mitchell

Ceist:

407 Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics for the Ballyfermot Garda station area, Dublin, for 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004; the personnel strength by rank for each of these years. [14083/05]

Gay Mitchell

Ceist:

408 Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics for the Sundrive Road Garda station area, Dublin, for 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004; the personnel strength by rank for each of these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14084/05]

Gay Mitchell

Ceist:

409 Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics for the Crumlin Garda station area for each year from 1997 to 2004; the personnel strength by rank for each of these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14085/05]

Freagraí scríofa

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

I propose to take Questions Nos. 404 to 409, inclusive, together.

I have made inquiries with the Garda authorities regarding the information requested by the Deputy. The information requested is set out in the following tables.

I am informed by the Garda authorities that the tables show the headline crime by groups from 2000 to 2004 for the Garda districts of Crumlin, Clondalkin, Kevin Street and Terenure. Kilmainham Garda station is included in the Kevin Street Garda district figures. Ballyfermot Garda station is included in the Clondalkin Garda district figures and Sundrive Road Garda station is included in the Crumlin Garda district figures. Comparable statistics for the years 1997 to 1999 are not available.

The personnel strength for each Garda station is set out in the following tables for the years 1997 to 2004.

Table 1

Headline offences recorded and detected for Crumlin 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	2	2	11	6	8	6	0	0
Assault	33	18	76	47	103	68	95	58	71	46
Sexual Offences	14	13	17	5	62	45	43	31	30	18
Arson	37	13	51	7	68	3	44	7	55	3
Drugs	52	52	50	50	43	43	64	63	40	40
Thefts	517	188	636	187	815	217	763	333	795	268
Burglary	490	163	584	180	592	93	583	110	502	87
Robbery	80	43	84	32	70	25	74	21	60	18
Fraud	12	8	35	21	60	28	35	22	45	27
Other	5	3	21	10	31	19	35	18	26	13
Total	1,240	501	1,556	541	1,855	547	1,744	669	1,624	520

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

Table 2

Headline offences recorded and detected for Clondalkin 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	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Assault	70	49	128	89	152	99	99	55	94	59
Sexual Offences	12	8	32	26	76	48	56	41	28	14
Arson	36	5	71	7	44	3	70	3	51	4
Drugs	81	81	97	97	135	135	121	121	94	94
Thefts	1047	338	1183	330	1240	305	1142	326	1063	216
Burglary	460	128	523	107	664	126	680	110	536	64
Robbery	166	81	144	68	112	41	109	20	72	17
Fraud	17	11	16	9	55	22	75	56	131	107
Other	24	11	36	19	50	32	41	23	49	27
Total	1913	712	2232	754	2530	812	2394	756	2119	603

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

Table 3

Headline offences recorded and detected for Kevin Street Garda District from 2000 to 2004*
Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004*
	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec
	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec
Homicide	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	2	4	4
Assault	28	18	87	50	148	88	113	84	101	42
Sexual Offences	26	17	30	17	54	38	25	11	26	6
Arson	27	1	26	4	26	3	26	1	25	3
Drugs	89	89	148	147	191	191	167	167	227	227
Thefts	1260	338	1412	491	1492	367	1424	256	1267	202
Burglary	556	204	584	244	584	109	668	132	723	134
Robbery	182	42	213	59	196	52	204	58	168	51
Fraud	10	5	56	45	48	27	48	33	46	28
Other	8	7	20	12	36	23	32	20	39	15
Total	2,189	723	2,578	1,071	2,779	902	2,711	764	2,626	712

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

Table 4

Headline offences recorded and detected for Terenure Garda District from 2000 to 2004*
Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004*
	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec
Homicide	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Assault	20	12	35	21	56	25	68	45	43	25
Sexual Offences	11	3	15	4	32	14	42	26	26	10
Arson	12	2	14	0	14	2	17	1	31	5
Drugs	11	11	13	13	14	14	21	21	18	18
Thefts	840	191	834	240	911	267	874	253	854	186
Burglary	684	189	675	235	722	92	782	100	727	64
Robbery	59	30	50	19	65	16	71	20	55	18
Fraud	14	5	29	20	53	37	22	11	44	27
Other	4	3	10	5	12	9	7	2	11	6
Total	1,657	447	1,675	557	1,879	476	1,905	480	1,809	359

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

Table 5

Personnel strength of Kevin Street Garda Station for the years 1997 to 2004.
Year	Superintendent	Inspector	Sergeant	Garda
1997	1	5	14	104
1998	1	4	15	102
1999	1	5	15	92
2000	1	5	17	93
2001	1	5	18	93
2002	1	6	19	91
2003	1	6	17	93
2004	1	6	14	98

Table 6

Personnel strength of Ballyfermot Garda Station for the years 1997 to 2004.
Year	Superintendent	Inspector	Sergeant	Garda
1997	1	4	10	57
1998	1	3	11	56
1999	1	3	11	51
2000	1	3	12	61
2001	1	2	11	61
2002	0	0	11	62
2003	0	1	13	64
2004	0	1	11	64

Table 7

Personnel strength of Crumlin Garda Station for the years 1997 to 2004.
Year	Chief Superintendent	Superintendent	Inspector	Sergeant	Garda
1997	1	2	5	14	64
1998	1	2	5	17	60
1999	1	2	4	15	61
2000	1	2	5	14	62
2001	1	2	4	17	62
2002	1	2	4	17	64
2003	1	2	3	18	58
2004	1	2	3	20	61

Table 8

Personnel strength of Terenure Garda Station for the years 1997 to 2004.
Year	Superintendent	Inspector	Sergeant	Garda
1997	0	0	10	39
1998	0	0	10	39
1999	1	4	10	45
2000	1	3	10	53
2001	1	4	11	50
2002	1	4	15	64
2003	1	4	12	70
2004	1	4	11	75

Table 9

Personnel strength of Sundrive Road Garda Station for the years 1997 to 2004.
Year	Superintendent	Inspector	Sergeant	Garda
1997	0	0	8	46
1998	0	0	9	48
1999	0	1	7	44
2000	0	1	8	47
2001	0	1	8	49
2002	0	1	6	50
2003	0	1	7	53
2004	0	1	7	57

Table 10

Personnel strength of Kilmainham Garda Station for the years 1997 to 2004.
Year	Superintendent	Inspector	Sergeant	Garda
1997	0	1	16	58
1998	0	2	17	68
1999	0	1	18	82
2000	0	1	18	78
2001	0	1	15	60
2002	0	0	16	60
2003	0	0	14	59
2004	0	0	15	66

Richard Bruton

Ceist:

410 Mr. Bruton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of public order offences and violent assaults reported to the Garda in 1997, 2000 and in the most recent year for which data are available in each of the Garda districts within the Dublin metropolitan area; and the detection rate for these offences in each case. [14092/05]

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

It has not been possible to compile the information requested in the timeframe allowed. I will arrange for the information to be forwarded directly to the Deputy at the earliest opportunity.