Written answers

Tuesday, 8 November 2005

Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform

Crime Levels

8:00 pm

Photo of Richard BrutonRichard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 546: To ask 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]

Photo of Michael McDowellMichael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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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%

Photo of Richard BrutonRichard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 547: To ask 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]

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

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