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Crime Levels.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 1 June 2005

Wednesday, 1 June 2005

Ceisteanna (202)

Gerard Murphy

Ceist:

210 Mr. G. Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of the headline offences recorded in each Garda district in Tipperary North for the period 2000 to 2004. [18663/05]

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With regard to crime figures the Deputy will be aware that on becoming Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, I arranged for the publication of headline crime statistics on a quarterly basis in order to improve the quality of information available to the public. While caution should be exercised in interpreting levels of crime between quarters, I am pleased to note that during my term of office as Minister, the quarterly crime rate has decreased from 6.7 per 1,000 population to 6 per 1,000 over the longer period of 11 quarters for which figures are available. This trend is reflected throughout most Garda districts in the country. In interpreting these figures, account has also to be taken of the introduction of the new PULSE computer system by the Garda Síochána in 1999, which led to more complete and comprehensive recording of crimes reported than was previously the case. The Deputy will also wish to be aware that, taking into account the significant increase in our population since 1995, the headline crime rate has fallen from 29 per 1,000 population in 1995 to 25 per 1,000 population in 2004.

The following tables show the headline offences, for the years 2000 to 2004 inclusive, for the each Garda district in Tipperary North.

Headline Offences Recorded and Detected for Thurles Garda District from 2000 to 2004*.

Year

2004*

2003

2002

2001

2000

Rec

Det

Rec

Det

Rec

Det

Rec

Det

Rec

Det

Homicide

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Assault

24

20

26

22

31

27

16

16

9

8

Sexual Offences

7

7

22

22

32

28

12

10

3

2

Arson

2

0

0

0

5

1

7

2

2

1

Drugs

25

25

23

23

37

37

14

14

2

2

Thefts

241

67

234

67

216

90

202

70

85

43

Burglary

156

22

150

23

134

19

163

17

109

21

Robbery

2

2

2

0

5

2

5

2

2

0

Fraud

29

25

54

47

17

13

34

33

8

8

Other

7

5

11

7

4

4

5

5

0

0

Total

493

173

522

211

481

221

458

169

220

85

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

Headline Offences Recorded and Detected for Templemore Garda District from 2000 to 2004*.

Year

2004*

2003

2002

2001

2000

Rec

Det

Rec

Det

Rec

Det

Rec

Det

Rec

Det

Homicide

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

Assault

17

15

16

9

15

13

12

8

10

10

Sexual Offences

2

1

9

5

5

2

5

3

5

5

Arson

7

1

5

0

3

2

5

3

2

1

Drugs

6

6

6

6

4

4

6

6

4

4

Thefts

169

62

175

67

155

33

101

35

81

31

Burglary

92

11

89

15

79

11

121

19

85

18

Robbery

1

0

4

2

3

1

0

0

0

0

Fraud

9

4

4

1

3

2

18

17

1

1

Other

10

7

5

4

3

3

1

1

1

1

Total

313

107

313

109

270

71

269

92

190

72

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

Headline Offences Recorded and Detected for Nenagh Garda District from 2000 to 2004*.

Year

2004*

2003

2002

2001

2000

Rec

Det

Rec

Det

Rec

Det

Rec

Det

Rec

Det

Homicide

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Assault

3

3

20

16

14

13

12

10

13

13

Sexual Offences

6

3

16

15

13

11

17

15

6

3

Arson

0

0

1

0

3

0

1

0

2

2

Drugs

17

17

22

22

15

15

17

17

9

9

Thefts

153

56

134

41

123

48

94

27

103

53

Burglary

96

20

91

16

92

18

101

11

66

11

Robbery

0

0

5

3

5

4

1

1

1

0

Fraud

12

8

4

2

14

14

18

18

5

3

Other

3

3

5

5

3

2

2

2

0

0

Total

290

110

298

120

282

125

263

101

205

94

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

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