A significant advance to be introduced in the Garda Commissioner's forthcoming annual report for 2002 and subsequent annual reports, will be an analysis of non-headline offences in comparable detail to that traditionally available for headline offences. Previously, for example, non-headline offence statistics were restricted to those where commencement of proceedings had taken place. In the forthcoming reports, the non-headline statistics will include details of all offences reported or known to the Garda Síochána. While superficially this will appear to indicate a significant increase in "non-headline" offences, the apparent increase will in fact be due to the provision of more complete information.