An Garda Síochána

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 June 2021

Tuesday, 15 June 2021

Ceisteanna (1159)

Johnny Mythen

Ceist:

1159. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Justice the number of burglaries reported to An Garda Síochána in County Wexford by Garda district in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [31996/21]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Justice

I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the Garda authorities and I will contact the Deputy once the information has been received.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51

I refer to your Parliamentary Question (No. 1159 of 15 June 2021) where you sought:

“….the number of burglaries reported to Gardaí in County Wexford by Garda district in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form”.

As you will recall, I sought the information you requested from the Garda authorities and undertook to contact you again once the report was to hand.

The report is now to hand and the Garda authorities inform me that the table below shows the number of burglaries reported within Wexford Division and Districts for 2019, 2020 and as of 15 June 2021.

Districts	2019	2020	2021*
Enniscorthy	248	160	71
New Ross	48	55	23
Wexford	179	157	58
Wexford Division	475	372	152

*Year to date, as of 05:00 on 15 th June 2021.

A search of the PULSE database was conducted on 15 June 2021 to identify all incidents of “aggravated burglary” and –“burglary” reported within Wexford Division and District since 1 January 2019.

You may be interested to know, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) produce regular quarterly updates on the crime figures and make these available on their website. Figures for 2019, 2020 and quarter 1 of 2021 are currently available and many incident types figures can be obtained at district or station level at the following link: https://data.cso.ie/product/rc.

I hope this information is of assistance.