Crime Levels.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 4 May 2005

Wednesday, 4 May 2005

Ceisteanna (401, 402, 403, 404)

Richard Bruton

Ceist:

428 Mr. Bruton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics for the Tallaght area, Dublin 24, for each year from 2000 to 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14306/05]

Richard Bruton

Ceist:

429 Mr. Bruton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics for the Firhouse and Ballycullen area for each year from 2000 to 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14307/05]

Richard Bruton

Ceist:

430 Mr. Bruton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics for the Greenhills area, Dublin 12, for each year from 2000 to 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14308/05]

Richard Bruton

Ceist:

431 Mr. Bruton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics for the Templeogue area, Dublin, for each year from 2000 to 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14309/05]

Freagraí scríofa

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

I propose to take Questions Nos. 428 to 431, inclusive, together.

I am informed by the Garda authorities that the following tables show the headline offences by group from 2000 to 2004 in Tallaght and Crumlin Garda districts. The Firhouse and Ballycullen areas are part of the Tallaght district. The Greenhills and Templeogue areas are part of both the Tallaght and Crumlin districts.

Table 1

Headline offences recorded and detected for Tallaght District 2000 to 2004
Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004*
	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec
Homicide	3	2	3	3	6	4	1	0	2	2
Assault	56	35	146	100	213	139	189	123	183	86
Sexual Offences	29	21	87	64	191	151	111	23	91	32
Arson	39	4	53	9	47	6	54	9	74	8
Drugs	47	47	139	139	115	115	77	77	73	73
Thefts	1,390	498	1,585	709	1,878	757	1,855	754	2,409	859
Burglary	703	170	827	182	975	140	746	77	1041	93
Robbery	190	82	215	72	188	62	158	43	172	45
Fraud	58	53	86	75	66	33	85	58	57	31
Other	29	16	55	32	56	31	61	39	80	58
Total	2,544	928	3,196	1,385	3,735	1,438	3,337	1,203	4,182	1,287

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

Table 2

Headline offences recorded and detected for Crumlin District 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.