Recorded burglaries (not aggravated) per 100,000 residents
146.3
Compared with the same measure 20 years earlier: 626.6 in 2005 (-76.7%).
Calculated · 2025
Crime and justice in Ireland
How has recorded crime in Ireland changed over the past generation? Explore the long-term trends in burglary, assault, theft and other offences, see how Ireland compares with Europe, and examine the resources available to policing and the justice system.
The crime charts are offences recorded by An Garda Síochána. Not every crime is reported or recorded, and changes in reporting and recording affect the series. Later sections use separate sources for Garda staffing, public spending, courts, prisons and reoffending.
Assaults causing harm per 100,000 residents
113.0
Compared with the same measure 20 years earlier: 89.7 in 2005 (25.9%).
Calculated · 2025
Recorded murders per 100,000 residents
0.7
Recorded murders are uncommon, so the annual rate moves sharply. There were 36 in 2025 (0.7 per 100,000). The average of the five annual rates ending 2025 was 0.6.
Calculated · 2025
Sworn Garda officers per 100,000 residents
262.3
Compared with 343.0 in 2008 Q4. Whole-time equivalents, not headcount.
Calculated · 2025 Q4
How has recorded crime changed in Ireland?
Burglary, assault, theft, homicide and sexual offences are shown separately because they have not followed one path.
Recorded crime in Ireland over time
Ireland·2005–2025·Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents
The lowest annual rate in this period was 146.3 in 2025. The latest figure was 146.3 in 2025. Over the last five years it has fallen. This describes the recorded series. It is not an explanation of why burglary changed.
Burglary (not aggravated)
Assault causing harm
Other assault
Theft and related offences
Robbery, extortion and hijacking
Calculation notes
Each small chart has its own vertical scale. Recorded incidents. Burglary (not aggravated) is offence 0712, not every burglary.
Data notes & limitations
Note: Each small chart has its own vertical scale.
State series from CJQ01; Garda Region series from CJQ05 (companion).
Garda regions are an overlapping geography system — not counties.
Explore default All (major offence groups) sums the 16 ICCS headline groups only — not every leaf category (that would double-count).
Recorded crime is not equivalent to offences committed or detections.
CSO lifted “Statistics Under Reservation” in October 2023. Comparisons that straddle that date still carry PULSE classification noise — they are not a clean break.
From Q3 2023, ICCS Group 09 (Fraud, deception and related offences) counts public reports to Gardaí only — not total economic crime. See the CSO recorded-crime notes: https://www.cso.ie/en/statistics/crimeandjustice/recordedcrime/
ICCS Group 13 (public order) in 2020–2022 includes COVID public-health incidents (subgroup 136), which inflate those years relative to adjacent periods.
Official CSO population estimate at April (PEA01), all ages and both sexes on the headline. Not a census count and not spliced onto pop.total.
Published in thousands to one decimal place and stored in persons (× 1,000). value_status stays observed.
Figures for 2017–2022 were revised after Census 2022.
Which recorded offences have changed most?
Ireland·2005–2025·Index: starting year = 100
Since 2005, recorded burglary rates have changed by -76.7%, compared with 25.9% for assaults causing harm.
Calculation notes
An index change is relative to that series’ own baseline. It is not a count of incidents. The baseline count must be at least 100.
Data notes & limitations
State series from CJQ01; Garda Region series from CJQ05 (companion).
Garda regions are an overlapping geography system — not counties.
Explore default All (major offence groups) sums the 16 ICCS headline groups only — not every leaf category (that would double-count).
Recorded crime is not equivalent to offences committed or detections.
CSO lifted “Statistics Under Reservation” in October 2023. Comparisons that straddle that date still carry PULSE classification noise — they are not a clean break.
From Q3 2023, ICCS Group 09 (Fraud, deception and related offences) counts public reports to Gardaí only — not total economic crime. See the CSO recorded-crime notes: https://www.cso.ie/en/statistics/crimeandjustice/recordedcrime/
ICCS Group 13 (public order) in 2020–2022 includes COVID public-health incidents (subgroup 136), which inflate those years relative to adjacent periods.
Official CSO population estimate at April (PEA01), all ages and both sexes on the headline. Not a census count and not spliced onto pop.total.
Published in thousands to one decimal place and stored in persons (× 1,000). value_status stays observed.
Figures for 2017–2022 were revised after Census 2022.
How the mix of recorded crime has changed
Ireland·2005 and 2025·Share of the selected categories
Within the selected offence categories, burglary and related offences accounted for 14.7% in 2005 and 5.1% in 2025. A larger share does not show that the count or the rate rose.
Calculation notes
Shares of the same selected offence categories; not all recorded crime. The groups are fixed from the full comparable history and do not change with the time range. Short labels are used here; downloads keep the official codes.
Data notes & limitations
State series from CJQ01; Garda Region series from CJQ05 (companion).
Garda regions are an overlapping geography system — not counties.
Explore default All (major offence groups) sums the 16 ICCS headline groups only — not every leaf category (that would double-count).
Recorded crime is not equivalent to offences committed or detections.
CSO lifted “Statistics Under Reservation” in October 2023. Comparisons that straddle that date still carry PULSE classification noise — they are not a clean break.
From Q3 2023, ICCS Group 09 (Fraud, deception and related offences) counts public reports to Gardaí only — not total economic crime. See the CSO recorded-crime notes: https://www.cso.ie/en/statistics/crimeandjustice/recordedcrime/
ICCS Group 13 (public order) in 2020–2022 includes COVID public-health incidents (subgroup 136), which inflate those years relative to adjacent periods.
How have different types of crime changed?
The overall picture can conceal important differences. This section examines the long-term trends in offences such as burglary, assault, robbery, homicide, sexual offences and fraud.
Burglary and break-ins
Ireland·2005–2025·Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents
The lowest annual rate in this period was 146.3 in 2025. The latest figure was 146.3 in 2025. Over the last five years it has fallen.
Calculation notes
The default line is burglary that is not aggravated. Group 07 includes the other two lines. They are not added together. This describes the recorded series. It is not an explanation of why burglary changed.
Data notes & limitations
Note: The default line is burglary that is not aggravated. Group 07 includes the other two lines. They are not added together. This describes the recorded series. It is not an explanation of why burglary changed.
State series from CJQ01; Garda Region series from CJQ05 (companion).
Garda regions are an overlapping geography system — not counties.
Explore default All (major offence groups) sums the 16 ICCS headline groups only — not every leaf category (that would double-count).
Recorded crime is not equivalent to offences committed or detections.
CSO lifted “Statistics Under Reservation” in October 2023. Comparisons that straddle that date still carry PULSE classification noise — they are not a clean break.
From Q3 2023, ICCS Group 09 (Fraud, deception and related offences) counts public reports to Gardaí only — not total economic crime. See the CSO recorded-crime notes: https://www.cso.ie/en/statistics/crimeandjustice/recordedcrime/
ICCS Group 13 (public order) in 2020–2022 includes COVID public-health incidents (subgroup 136), which inflate those years relative to adjacent periods.
Official CSO population estimate at April (PEA01), all ages and both sexes on the headline. Not a census count and not spliced onto pop.total.
Published in thousands to one decimal place and stored in persons (× 1,000). value_status stays observed.
Figures for 2017–2022 were revised after Census 2022.
Assaults in Ireland
Ireland·2005–2025·Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents
Recorded assaults causing harm fell from 89.7 in 2005 to 66.5 in 2013, then rose to 113.0 in 2025. Over the last five years it has risen.
Calculation notes
Threats and harassment sit in group 03 and are not the same movement as assault causing harm.
Data notes & limitations
Note: Threats and harassment sit in group 03 and are not the same movement as assault causing harm.
State series from CJQ01; Garda Region series from CJQ05 (companion).
Garda regions are an overlapping geography system — not counties.
Explore default All (major offence groups) sums the 16 ICCS headline groups only — not every leaf category (that would double-count).
Recorded crime is not equivalent to offences committed or detections.
CSO lifted “Statistics Under Reservation” in October 2023. Comparisons that straddle that date still carry PULSE classification noise — they are not a clean break.
From Q3 2023, ICCS Group 09 (Fraud, deception and related offences) counts public reports to Gardaí only — not total economic crime. See the CSO recorded-crime notes: https://www.cso.ie/en/statistics/crimeandjustice/recordedcrime/
ICCS Group 13 (public order) in 2020–2022 includes COVID public-health incidents (subgroup 136), which inflate those years relative to adjacent periods.
Official CSO population estimate at April (PEA01), all ages and both sexes on the headline. Not a census count and not spliced onto pop.total.
Published in thousands to one decimal place and stored in persons (× 1,000). value_status stays observed.
Figures for 2017–2022 were revised after Census 2022.
Theft and robbery
Ireland·2005–2025·Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents
Recorded theft fell from 1,767.0 in 2005 to 922.4 in 2021, then rose to 1,347.7 in 2025. Over the last five years it has risen.
Theft
Robbery
Calculation notes
Theft and robbery are different offence groups.
Data notes & limitations
Note: Theft and robbery are different offence groups.
State series from CJQ01; Garda Region series from CJQ05 (companion).
Garda regions are an overlapping geography system — not counties.
Explore default All (major offence groups) sums the 16 ICCS headline groups only — not every leaf category (that would double-count).
Recorded crime is not equivalent to offences committed or detections.
CSO lifted “Statistics Under Reservation” in October 2023. Comparisons that straddle that date still carry PULSE classification noise — they are not a clean break.
From Q3 2023, ICCS Group 09 (Fraud, deception and related offences) counts public reports to Gardaí only — not total economic crime. See the CSO recorded-crime notes: https://www.cso.ie/en/statistics/crimeandjustice/recordedcrime/
ICCS Group 13 (public order) in 2020–2022 includes COVID public-health incidents (subgroup 136), which inflate those years relative to adjacent periods.
Official CSO population estimate at April (PEA01), all ages and both sexes on the headline. Not a census count and not spliced onto pop.total.
Published in thousands to one decimal place and stored in persons (× 1,000). value_status stays observed.
Figures for 2017–2022 were revised after Census 2022.
Murder and homicide
Ireland·2005–2025·Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents
The lowest annual rate in this period was 0.5 in 2021. The latest figure was 0.7 in 2025. Over the last five years it has risen.
Calculation notes
Murder is not every homicide. Manslaughter and dangerous driving causing death sit in group 01. The dashed line is the five-year average.
Data notes & limitations
Note: Murder is not every homicide. Manslaughter and dangerous driving causing death sit in group 01. The dashed line is the five-year average.
State series from CJQ01; Garda Region series from CJQ05 (companion).
Garda regions are an overlapping geography system — not counties.
Explore default All (major offence groups) sums the 16 ICCS headline groups only — not every leaf category (that would double-count).
Recorded crime is not equivalent to offences committed or detections.
CSO lifted “Statistics Under Reservation” in October 2023. Comparisons that straddle that date still carry PULSE classification noise — they are not a clean break.
From Q3 2023, ICCS Group 09 (Fraud, deception and related offences) counts public reports to Gardaí only — not total economic crime. See the CSO recorded-crime notes: https://www.cso.ie/en/statistics/crimeandjustice/recordedcrime/
ICCS Group 13 (public order) in 2020–2022 includes COVID public-health incidents (subgroup 136), which inflate those years relative to adjacent periods.
Official CSO population estimate at April (PEA01), all ages and both sexes on the headline. Not a census count and not spliced onto pop.total.
Published in thousands to one decimal place and stored in persons (× 1,000). value_status stays observed.
Figures for 2017–2022 were revised after Census 2022.
Recorded sexual offences
Ireland·2005–2025·Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents
The lowest annual rate in this period was 28.3 in 2008. The latest figure was 63.9 in 2025. Over the last five years it has risen. A change in recorded sexual offences is not a measure of how many offences occurred. Reporting and recognition affect this series.
Calculation notes
Reporting and recognition affect this series. Offence 0213 is included in 022 from 2023 Q2. A change in recorded sexual offences is not a measure of prevalence.
Data notes & limitations
Note: Reporting and recognition affect this series. Offence 0213 is included in 022 from 2023 Q2. A change in recorded sexual offences is not a measure of prevalence.
State series from CJQ01; Garda Region series from CJQ05 (companion).
Garda regions are an overlapping geography system — not counties.
Explore default All (major offence groups) sums the 16 ICCS headline groups only — not every leaf category (that would double-count).
Recorded crime is not equivalent to offences committed or detections.
CSO lifted “Statistics Under Reservation” in October 2023. Comparisons that straddle that date still carry PULSE classification noise — they are not a clean break.
From Q3 2023, ICCS Group 09 (Fraud, deception and related offences) counts public reports to Gardaí only — not total economic crime. See the CSO recorded-crime notes: https://www.cso.ie/en/statistics/crimeandjustice/recordedcrime/
ICCS Group 13 (public order) in 2020–2022 includes COVID public-health incidents (subgroup 136), which inflate those years relative to adjacent periods.
Official CSO population estimate at April (PEA01), all ages and both sexes on the headline. Not a census count and not spliced onto pop.total.
Published in thousands to one decimal place and stored in persons (× 1,000). value_status stays observed.
Figures for 2017–2022 were revised after Census 2022.
Fraud and financial crime
Ireland·2003–2023 Q2 and from 2023 Q3·Recorded incidents
Recorded fraud incidents and public-reported fraud are separate series. They are not joined across 2023 Q2. Public-reported fraud (09): 12,251 recorded incidents in the four quarters ending 2026 Q2, up 1,059 (9.5%) from 11,192.
Recorded fraud incidents through 2023 Q2
Fraud reported directly by members of the public from 2023 Q3
Calculation notes
The two panels are different counting regimes. There is no index across the break.
Data notes & limitations
State series from CJQ01; Garda Region series from CJQ05 (companion).
Garda regions are an overlapping geography system — not counties.
Explore default All (major offence groups) sums the 16 ICCS headline groups only — not every leaf category (that would double-count).
Recorded crime is not equivalent to offences committed or detections.
CSO lifted “Statistics Under Reservation” in October 2023. Comparisons that straddle that date still carry PULSE classification noise — they are not a clean break.
From Q3 2023, ICCS Group 09 (Fraud, deception and related offences) counts public reports to Gardaí only — not total economic crime. See the CSO recorded-crime notes: https://www.cso.ie/en/statistics/crimeandjustice/recordedcrime/
ICCS Group 13 (public order) in 2020–2022 includes COVID public-health incidents (subgroup 136), which inflate those years relative to adjacent periods.
How does Ireland compare with Europe?
Comparing Ireland with European countries helps put national trends in context. The comparisons use available Eurostat statistics, although differences in legislation, reporting and recording practices mean some offence categories are more directly comparable than others.
Ireland and Europe: intentional homicide over time
Ireland and selected European countries·2008–2024·Per 100,000 inhabitants
Ireland’s intentional homicide rate was 0.7 per 100,000 residents in 2024, compared with 0.9 for Denmark. No published EU aggregate is on this chart.
Calculation notes
Eurostat’s series is police-recorded. Differences in law, reporting, and recording mean countries are not a ranking of safety.
Data notes & limitations
Note: Eurostat intentional homicide is a different series from CSO murder (0111). The line is not spliced onto the Irish murder chart.
Where Ireland stands on intentional homicide
European Union·27 of 27 EU countries; 2024·Per 100,000 inhabitants
Ireland is included in 27 of 27 EU countries; 2024. This is not a ranking of safety.
Calculation notes
This is not a ranking of safety. Countries are not mixed across different latest years.
Data notes & limitations
Note: 27 of 27 EU countries; 2024
Are Ireland’s intentional homicide trends different from Europe’s?
Ireland and selected European countries·2008–2024·Index: starting year = 100
Since 2008, Ireland’s index has changed by -39.5%, compared with -9.4% for Denmark.
Calculation notes
Intentional homicide counts are small, so this index moves sharply. Read it beside the rate chart. An index is not a count of incidents.
How has policing in Ireland changed?
Ireland’s population and policing needs have changed over time. This section examines how Garda staffing has evolved, how it compares with European policing levels and what the available statistics tell us about the detection of recorded offences.
The line is sworn Garda whole-time equivalents. Civilian staff and the reserve are not included, and staffing is not a direct measure of effectiveness.
Sworn Garda officers over time
Ireland·2008 Q4–2025 Q4·Whole-time equivalents
Sworn Garda whole-time equivalents were 14,318.9 in 2025 Q4, up 238.2 from 2024 Q4.
Calculation notes
The quarter label comes from the source Year and Quarter. The stored date is the quarter start and is not the measurement date. Publication date is not on this series.
Data notes & limitations
Department of Public Expenditure Public Service Numbers: sworn Garda whole-time equivalents at State level, quarterly.
This is the payroll WTE stock — not officers deployed to a station or division, and not civilians or industrials.
Official CSO population estimate at April (PEA01), all ages and both sexes on the headline. Not a census count and not spliced onto pop.total.
Published in thousands to one decimal place and stored in persons (× 1,000). value_status stays observed.
Figures for 2017–2022 were revised after Census 2022.
How does Garda staffing compare with Europe?
Ireland and selected European countries·2008–2024·Police officers per 100,000 inhabitants
Eurostat police officers (ISCO-08 OC5412) are shown per 100,000 inhabitants. This is not the DPER sworn whole-time-equivalent series.
Calculation notes
Eurostat occupation OC5412, police officers, total. National and municipal roles differ by country. This chart is not joined to DPER sworn whole-time equivalents.
How many recorded crimes are detected?
Detection rate
Ireland·2018–2024·%
25% of recorded Attempts/threats to murder, assaults, harassments and related offences (03) were detected in 2024. That rate is initial in the release published on 27 November 2025 (extract 1 September 2025).
From 2018
Calculation notes
2024 rates in this release are initial (extract 1 September 2025, published 27 November 2025). 2023 rates in this release are updated. 2018–2022 are the rate in that extract and are not labelled initial or updated. An initial rate is not compared with an updated rate as if the two were equally mature. Groups 14 and 16 are not in this release. Group 09 has no 2023 rate, and its 2024 rate is public reports only.
Data notes & limitations
Note: Earlier years have had longer for investigations to finish. The latest initial rate is shown separately and should not be read as a like-for-like change in performance.
Observed detection rates from RCD04 (annual, State). A detection rate is detected incidents ÷ recorded incidents — not a conviction rate.
PxStat publishes one vintage per reference year. The latest year is still settling (CSO’s initial extract, about eight months after year-end); earlier years are revised as investigations close. Do not treat every year as equally mature, and do not mix Initial and Updated commentary figures from the CSO PDF with this series as if they were the same cut.
How much does Ireland spend on policing and justice?
These charts show general-government spending on police services, law courts, prisons, and public order and safety. The Irish chart shows actual spending, the same spending in 2024 prices, and that amount per resident. The price year is 2024 for every function. The European chart shows the share of government expenditure, with the share of GDP as an alternative.
Police services in actual expenditure
Ireland·1995–2024·Million euro, current prices
Police services is shown in 2024 prices for every function. Spending is an input, not a measure of effectiveness.
Calculation notes
This adjusts for general consumer prices. It is not a measure of Garda wages, police equipment costs, or the quality of justice.
Data notes & limitations
Official CSO population estimate at April (PEA01), all ages and both sexes on the headline. Not a census count and not spliced onto pop.total.
Published in thousands to one decimal place and stored in persons (× 1,000). value_status stays observed.
Figures for 2017–2022 were revised after Census 2022.
Ireland’s policing and justice spending compared with Europe
Ireland and selected European countries·2004–2024·% of general government expenditure
Police services is shown for Ireland, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands and Portugal. Ireland’s Police services spending was 1.8 % of general government expenditure in 2024. The series is COFOG GF0301, general government, and is not an Irish Vote outturn. Spending is an input, not a measure of effectiveness.
Calculation notes
Ireland’s GDP is affected by multinational activity. A lower share of GDP does not by itself show that the service is underfunded.
What happens after a crime is recorded?
The justice system extends beyond the recording and investigation of offences. Courts, prisons and probation services all form part of the response. Available data can help explain how these systems have changed and what is known about reoffending.
How many criminal offences is the District Court receiving and disposing of?
Criminal offences before the District Court
Ireland·2023–2025·Offences received and offences disposed
In 2025 the District Court received 342,791 criminal offences and disposed of 291,288.
Calculation notes
These are flows of offences. A disposal can close an offence received in an earlier year, so the gap between the bars is not the outstanding backlog. Incoming and resolved are the open-data offence counts for District Court criminal business. Appeals are excluded.
How has the number of people in custody changed relative to available prison capacity?
Daily average number of people in custody
Ireland·2023–2025·People
The daily average in custody was 5,417 in 2025.
Eurostat’s count of persons held uses a different reference basis and is not joined to the Irish Prison Service figures.
Calculation notes
This is the Irish Prison Service daily average in custody for the calendar year. It is not the 31 December snapshot, and it is not divided by bed capacity.
Data notes & limitations
Eurostat’s count of persons held uses a different reference basis and is not joined to the Irish Prison Service figures.
People in custody and bed capacity
Ireland·31 December 2025·People, and beds for capacity
On 31 December 2025, 5,753 people were in custody and bed capacity was 4,718. The Irish Prison Service reported occupancy of 122%. Dividing those counts gives 121.937…%, which is a calculated ratio and not a second official percentage. This is bed-capacity pressure on one date.
Calculation notes
This is bed-capacity pressure on one date. It does not describe every aspect of prison conditions. The published occupancy is 122%. The unrounded ratio 5,753 / 4,718 × 100 is calculated and is not a second official percentage.
Data notes & limitations
Note: This is bed-capacity pressure on one date. It does not describe every aspect of prison conditions.
How does recorded crime vary across Ireland?
Recorded crime differs across Garda divisions. These figures show differences in reported incidents, although the available division-level data covers a shorter period than the national crime statistics.
Counts are influenced by population, geography, and recording. Divisions are not counties, and these figures are not a ranking of personal safety.
Recorded incidents by Garda division
Garda divisions·Four quarters ending 2026 Q2·Recorded incidents
21 divisions have a complete window ending 2026 Q2. 0 are unavailable.
Calculation notes
These are recorded incidents in a Garda division, not a ranking of personal safety. No population denominator is applied. A division missing a quarter in this window is unavailable. A published zero stays zero.
Data notes & limitations
Quarterly recorded incidents by current Garda division (CJQ10). CSO already publishes this table on the 21-division Operating Model — this product does not reconstruct or weight the old 28 divisions.
The CJQ10 PxStat extract currently fills 2025–2026 quarters; earlier years appear on the time axis as empty cells and are not stored.
Places are in the dropdown, not on the county map. State totals belong on crime.recorded_quarterly, not here.
Explore All (major offence groups) sums the ICCS headline groups ingested from CJQ10. Leaf offence types are not stored on this indicator.
ICCS Group 09 (Fraud) in CJQ10 stops at Q2 2023. From Q3 2023 that cut comes from companion table CJQ11 (public reports to Gardaí only — not Section 19 financial-institution referrals). Do not read Group 09 as one continuous all-fraud series.
Recorded crime is not equivalent to offences committed or detections. CSO lifted Statistics Under Reservation in October 2023.
Selected Garda division
Garda division·—·Recorded incidents reported in the quarter
Choose a Garda division to see its trend.
Choose a division above. The national charts stay labelled Ireland.
Calculation notes
These are recorded incidents in a Garda division, not a ranking of personal safety. No population denominator is applied. A division missing a quarter in this window is unavailable. A published zero stays zero.
Data notes & limitations
Quarterly recorded incidents by current Garda division (CJQ10). CSO already publishes this table on the 21-division Operating Model — this product does not reconstruct or weight the old 28 divisions.
The CJQ10 PxStat extract currently fills 2025–2026 quarters; earlier years appear on the time axis as empty cells and are not stored.
Places are in the dropdown, not on the county map. State totals belong on crime.recorded_quarterly, not here.
Explore All (major offence groups) sums the ICCS headline groups ingested from CJQ10. Leaf offence types are not stored on this indicator.
ICCS Group 09 (Fraud) in CJQ10 stops at Q2 2023. From Q3 2023 that cut comes from companion table CJQ11 (public reports to Gardaí only — not Section 19 financial-institution referrals). Do not read Group 09 as one continuous all-fraud series.
Recorded crime is not equivalent to offences committed or detections. CSO lifted Statistics Under Reservation in October 2023.
What has changed recently?
The latest quarterly figures provide an early indication of changes in recorded crime. However, individual quarters and annual movements can be volatile, particularly for less common offences. These figures are best interpreted alongside the longer-term trends above.
Change in recorded incidents
Ireland·Four quarters ending 2026 Q2·Recorded incidents
Attempts/threats to murder, assaults, harassments and related offences (03): 26,017 recorded incidents in the four quarters ending 2026 Q2, up 898 (3.6%) from 25,119.
Calculation notes
Each bar is the latest complete four-quarter sum minus the previous four. A percentage is shown only when the earlier window has at least 100 incidents. Sub-categories are not added to a group.
Data notes & limitations
State series from CJQ01; Garda Region series from CJQ05 (companion).
Garda regions are an overlapping geography system — not counties.
Explore default All (major offence groups) sums the 16 ICCS headline groups only — not every leaf category (that would double-count).
Recorded crime is not equivalent to offences committed or detections.
CSO lifted “Statistics Under Reservation” in October 2023. Comparisons that straddle that date still carry PULSE classification noise — they are not a clean break.
From Q3 2023, ICCS Group 09 (Fraud, deception and related offences) counts public reports to Gardaí only — not total economic crime. See the CSO recorded-crime notes: https://www.cso.ie/en/statistics/crimeandjustice/recordedcrime/
ICCS Group 13 (public order) in 2020–2022 includes COVID public-health incidents (subgroup 136), which inflate those years relative to adjacent periods.
Attempts/threats to murder, assaults, harassments and related offences (03)
Ireland·2003 Q4–2026 Q2·Recorded incidents in the four quarters ending the labelled quarter
Attempts/threats to murder, assaults, harassments and related offences (03): 26,017 recorded incidents in the four quarters ending 2026 Q2.
Data notes & limitations
State series from CJQ01; Garda Region series from CJQ05 (companion).
Garda regions are an overlapping geography system — not counties.
Explore default All (major offence groups) sums the 16 ICCS headline groups only — not every leaf category (that would double-count).
Recorded crime is not equivalent to offences committed or detections.
CSO lifted “Statistics Under Reservation” in October 2023. Comparisons that straddle that date still carry PULSE classification noise — they are not a clean break.
From Q3 2023, ICCS Group 09 (Fraud, deception and related offences) counts public reports to Gardaí only — not total economic crime. See the CSO recorded-crime notes: https://www.cso.ie/en/statistics/crimeandjustice/recordedcrime/
ICCS Group 13 (public order) in 2020–2022 includes COVID public-health incidents (subgroup 136), which inflate those years relative to adjacent periods.
Recorded victim records
Recorded victim records
Ireland·2020 Q1–2026 Q2·Recorded victim records
In 2026 Q2, Gardaí recorded 6,410 victim records for attempts, threats, assaults, harassment and related offences. Each record is an injured party linked to an incident reported in that quarter.
Methodology
Recorded crime is not experienced crime. A detection is not a conviction. Sworn whole-time equivalents are not deployment, and spending is not a measure of effectiveness. Eurostat police-recorded offences are a different classification from the CSO ICCS codes on the Irish charts. COFOG public order and safety is not an Irish Vote. The HICP annual average used for a constant-price figure has base year 2015. Garda regions changed in 2019 Q4. Statistics Under Reservation applied to figures disseminated up to 2023 Q1.
Crime and Victimisation results cited by the CSO are for 2019, and a 2025 survey is not yet published. The Sexual Violence Survey is a 2022 reference period published in 2023. Neither survey is charted here.
Statistics Under Reservation was lifted in October 2023. Current recorded-crime figures are not badged with it.