Written answers
Tuesday, 8 November 2005
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Crime Levels
8:00 pm
Richard 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]
Michael 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% |
Richard 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]
Michael 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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