Crime Levels.

Thursday, 2 June 2005

Questions (215)

John Deasy

Question:

215 Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of the headline offences recorded and detailed for each of the districts within the Kilkenny-Waterford division for each of the years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004. [18756/05]

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Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Mr. McDowell)

With regard to crime figures, on becoming Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, I arranged for the publication of headline crime statistics on a quarterly basis to improve the quality of information available to the public. While caution should be exercised in interpreting levels of crime between quarters, I am pleased to note that during my term of office as Minister, the quarterly crime rate has decreased from 6.7 per 1,000 population to 6 per 1,000 over the longer period of 11 quarters for which figures are available. This trend is reflected throughout most Garda districts in the country.

In interpreting these figures, account has also to be taken of the introduction of the new PULSE computer system by the Garda Síochána in 1999, which led to more complete and comprehensive recording of crimes reported than was previously the case. The Deputy will also 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.

The tables show the headline offences, for the years 2000 to 2004 inclusive, for the each Garda district within the Kilkenny-Waterford division for the years 2000 to 2004.

Headline Offences Recorded and Detected for Dungarvan Garda District from 2000 to 2004*

Year	2004*	2003	2002	2001	2000
	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec
Homicide	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Assault	28	25	21	20	38	35	21	18	11	10
Sexual Offences	6	4	14	14	16	15	11	11	8	8
Arson	8	1	4	1	4	4	3	2	7	7
Drugs	8	8	20	20	26	26	7	7	13	13
Thefts	263	108	250	96	231	79	173	92	146	71
Burglary	185	26	193	34	143	41	136	53	165	66
Robbery	1	0	5	4	4	2	3	1	1	1
Fraud	21	18	31	29	20	14	37	35	25	24
Other	1	1	12	12	6	6	4	4	5	5
Total	522	192	550	230	489	223	395	223	381	205

*Statistics for 2004 are provisional/operational and liable to change.

Headline Offences Recorded and Detected for Kilkenny Garda District from 2000 to 2004*.

Year	2004*	2003	2002	2001	2000
	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec
Homicide	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	2	1	1
Assault	61	49	65	57	71	60	41	30	20	19
Sexual Offences	22	7	35	27	58	48	116	110	18	16
Arson	9	4	6	3	9	4	8	2	16	11
Drugs	43	43	53	52	62	62	53	53	24	24
Thefts	492	283	502	286	447	251	377	190	344	235
Burglary	197	36	242	64	267	65	252	72	257	78
Robbery	3	1	19	12	14	9	13	3	11	8
Fraud	57	38	84	65	57	43	94	88	42	38
Other	15	13	46	45	20	17	10	9	1	1
Total	899	474	1,053	611	1,007	561	966	559	734	431

*Statistics for 2004 are provisional/operational and liable to change.

Headline Offences Recorded and Detected for Thomastown Garda District from 2000 to 2004*.

Year	2004*	2003	2002	2001	2000
	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec
Homicide	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Assault	4	4	5	5	10	10	5	5	4	4
Sexual Offences	0	0	3	2	14	14	20	19	2	2
Arson	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	2
Drugs	2	2	3	3	8	8	3	3	2	2
Thefts	102	31	99	36	70	25	52	17	62	12
Burglary	90	11	99	12	72	15	85	15	126	30
Robbery	0	0	4	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
Fraud	70	68	21	20	23	23	25	25	12	10
Other	4	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	0	0
Total	274	119	237	81	201	99	196	90	211	63

*Statistics for 2004 are provisional/operational and liable to change.

Headline Offences Recorded and Detected for Tramore Garda District from 2000 to 2004*.

Year	2004*	2003	2002	2001	2000
	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec
Homicide	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Assault	25	17	34	28	39	31	24	21	11	11
Sexual Offences	10	3	11	9	7	6	4	4	4	4
Arson	3	0	7	3	16	5	7	3	1	0
Drugs	20	20	25	25	16	16	20	20	4	4
Thefts	189	88	185	73	159	63	143	43	110	20
Burglary	122	34	168	36	150	27	108	23	136	22
Robbery	5	3	3	1	3	1	0	0	3	3
Fraud	6	5	22	20	26	21	13	12	9	7
Other	4	4	1	1	4	4	5	5	0	0
Total	385	175	457	197	420	174	324	131	279	72

*Statistics for 2004 are provisional/operational and liable to change.

Headline Offences Recorded and Detected for Waterford Garda District from 2000 to 2004*.

Year	2004*	2003	2002	2001	2000
	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec	Rec	Dec
Homicide	1	1	1	1	3	3	1	1	0	0
Assault	107	84	114	96	127	111	85	62	59	49
Sexual Offences	36	28	75	58	39	28	21	16	22	20
Arson	14	1	30	17	37	14	38	13	15	7
Drugs	68	68	110	110	134	134	108	108	86	86
Thefts	1,122	691	1,173	826	941	583	965	651	760	516
Burglary	420	105	491	160	464	150	477	205	497	244
Robbery	31	19	34	18	32	15	50	33	48	35
Fraud	120	113	142	134	96	87	92	83	115	113
Other	33	23	29	27	25	19	11	11	4	4
Total	1,952	1,133	2,199	1,447	1,898	1,144	1,848	1,183	1,686	1,074

*Statistics for 2004 are provisional/operational and liable to change.