Garda crime stats

Climate Expert

Is there anywhere I could find crime stats throughout the years for Ireland and Dublin?

Eru

Hard to find Im afraid, we just arent as good as the UK and US when it comes to keeping public access records.

FOI application seems to be the only way and you need to know what exactly your looking for and where.

mc-panda

The Garda annual reports are available for download in PDF form on the Garda website (in the publications section). These include details of all REPORTED offenses in the state and are divided into two main sections: Headline and non headline offenses. Each of these sections is further divided to account for different classes of offenses. Another benefit is that detection rates are also supplied.

The CSO has now taken over responsibility for recording and publishing crime statistics now though so check their website also.

Prison service gives a geographic and demographic breakdown of it's intake every year in their annual reports.

You need also to remember that a lot of crime goes unreported and therefore unrecorded. This "Dark Figure" of crime is hard to estimate as it differs from crime to crime. A good way of illustrating it is by comparing Garda records with NGO records. For instance, domestic sexual assault and rape victims accessing the Rape Crisis Centre exceed the number of cases reported to AGS every year.

I hope this helps.