Written answers

Thursday, 3 November 2005

Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform

Crime Levels

5:00 pm

Photo of   John Curran John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 241: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime figures on a yearly basis for the period 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and to date in 2005 for Clondalkin, Ronanstown, Lucan, Ballyfermot and Rathcoole Garda stations. [32197/05]

Photo of Michael McDowellMichael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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In relation 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. 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.

I am informed by the Garda authorities that the table below provides the headline offences for Lucan Garda district and Clondalkin Garda district. Ronanstown and Lucan Garda stations are included in Lucan Garda district, and Clondalkin, Ballyfermot and Rathcoole Garda stations are included in Clondalkin Garda district.

Headline Offences Recorded and Detected for Garda District of Lucan for Years 2001 to 2005.
District: Lucan 2005* to 31 October 2005 2004* 2003 2002 2001
Rec Det Rec Det Rec Det Rec Det Rec Det
Homicide 3 1 2 2 3 2 1 0 2 1
Assault 75 27 103 50 130 79 135 87 96 58
Sexual Offences 36 9 57 30 26 6 31 20 27 16
Arson 18 1 32 5 30 1 34 4 29 4
Drugs 99 99 91 91 86 86 71 71 72 72
Thefts 1,028 304 1,194 348 1,322 385 1,358 482 1,152 430
Burglary 368 23 446 20 562 64 552 95 407 89
Robbery 57 17 85 14 74 24 74 16 96 40
Fraud 46 16 50 30 39 19 47 28 32 22
Other 50 21 32 12 48 23 31 14 16 11
Total 1,780 518 2,092 602 2,328 689 2,334 817 1,929 742
* Figures provided are provisional-operational and liable to change.
Headline Offences Recorded and Detected for Garda District of Clondalkin for Years 2001 to 2005.
District: Lucan 2005* to 31 October 2005 2004* 2003 2002 2001
Rec Det Rec Det Rec Det Rec Det Rec Det
Homicide 5 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2
Assault 70 31 94 60 99 56 152 99 128 89
Sexual Offences 25 5 29 14 55 40 76 48 32 26
Arson 25 0 51 4 70 3 44 3 71 7
Drugs 75 75 94 94 121 121 135 135 97 97
Thefts 901 200 1,058 217 1,142 326 1,240 305 1,183 330
Burglary 392 51 521 64 680 110 664 126 523 107
Robbery 64 12 72 18 109 20 112 41 144 68
Fraud 38 18 130 106 74 56 55 22 16 9
Other 35 11 48 27 42 24 50 32 36 19
Total 1,630 404 2,098 605 2,393 757 2,530 812 2,232 754
* Figures provided are provisional-operational and liable to change.

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