Crime Levels.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 November 2005

Tuesday, 8 November 2005

Ceisteanna (459, 460)

Richard Bruton

Ceist:

546 Mr. Bruton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime figures and the detection rates by the Garda in 2003 and 2004, classified by headline and non-headline crime, and to date compared to the same period in 2004. [32924/05]

Freagraí scríofa

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

I have made inquires of the Garda authorities and the information requested by the Deputy is laid out in the following tables. The statistics provided for 2004 and 2005 are provisional and liable to change.

Table 1 Headline Offences Recorded and Detected in 2004 and 2003

2004	2003
Recorded	Detected	% Detection Rate	Recorded	Detected	% Detection Rate
98,964	34,398	35%	103.360	37,184	36%

Table 2 Non-Headline Offences Recorded and Detected in 2004 and 2003

2005	2004
Recorded	Detected	% Detection Rate	Recorded	Detected	% Detection Rate
189,093	131,558	70%	176,607	126,152	71%

Table 3 Headline Offences Recorded and Detected from 1 January to 31 October 2004 and 2005

2005	2004
Recorded	Detected	% Detection Rate	Recorded	Detected	% Detection Rate
84,509	28,446	34%	82,957	29,599	36%

Table 4 Non-Headline Offences Recorded and Detected from 1 January to 31 October 2004 and 2005

2005	2004
Recorded	Detected	% Detection Rate	Recorded	Detected	% Detection Rate
172,876	118,421	69%	161,798	114,766	71%

Richard Bruton

Ceist:

547 Mr. Bruton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the latest estimates available to him of assaults causing harm in Dublin, and in the rest of the country. [32925/05]

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

I have made inquiries of the Garda authorities and the information requested by the Deputy is laid out in the following table. It shows the number of assaults causing harm in each Garda division for the first nine months of 2005. In 2004, the total number of recorded assaults causing harm in the State was 3,867, with 2,393 detected. The figures provided in the Garda Síochána annual report for 2003 show a total of 3,926 recorded and 2,589 detected assaults causing harm. The statistics provided are provisional and liable to change.

Assault Causing Harm Offences Recorded and Detected from 1 January 2005 to 30 September 2005

Division	Recorded	Detected
Mayo	98	68
Clare	61	35
Kerry	75	41
Donegal	146	79
Wexford	93	61
Limerick	137	69
Cork City	175	104
Cork West	85	69
Tipperary	85	43
Cork North	88	47
Galway West	107	63
Louth/Meath	176	99
Laois/Offaly	86	66
Sligo/Leitrim	53	19
Carlow/Kildare	157	111
Cavan/Monaghan	144	108
D.M.R Eastern	140	60
D.M.R Western	183	77
D.M.R Northern	166	93
D.M.R Southern	166	80
Longford/Westmeath	82	44
Waterford/Kilkenny	136	95
D.M.R North Central	163	76
D.M.R South Central	189	95
Roscommon/Galway East	56	29
Totals	3,047	1,731