The most recent CSO crime statistics show a significant rise in burglary and associated offences, reports RTE.
In the 12 months leading up to September of last year, there was a 10% increase in burglaries.
Although there has been a 15% increase in violent burglaries, the majority of the overall increase is related to non-violent burglaries, reports RTE.
9,981 burglaries were reported, with over 27 occurring daily.
Theft offences are also on the rise, up 7%, with shoplifting accounting for six out of ten incidents.
Additionally, there was a 6% increase in auto theft, a 20% increase in personal theft, and a 6% increase in handling stolen stuff, reports RTE.
Public order offences, guns and explosives offences, and kidnappings have all increased.
Additionally, there was a 3% increase in violent crime, including assaults, attempted murder, and associated offences.
As murders and drug offences, such as possession, cultivation, and selling, decline, so do some organised crime offences, reports RTE.
However, throughout the 12-month period, shootings rose by 20%, and drug imports soared by 83%, with 84 cases reported.
With only four reported in the past 12 months, cash-in-transit robberies have all but halted.
Arson attacks, which the gardaà think are connected to anti-immigrant sentiment, surged by 16% and disorderly conduct by 5%, while public order and other social code crimes rose by 3% to over 30,000, r r
The number of incidents of reckless and intoxicated driving has decreased. Still, almost 5,000 people were captured driving under the influence, and nearly 2,000 people were found to be driving under the influence of drugs, a 24% rise.
Additionally, over 11,500 fraud crimes were reported; however, due to a backlog of fraud cases from financial institutions, the updated number cannot be compared to previous years.
These resulted from the implementation of a new system that requires financial institutions to disclose all instances of fraud as required by law, reports RTE.
As a result, the gardaà have received a lot of reports, including ones about fraudulent emails and messages as well as situations where the bank has returned money that clients had lost.
According to the CSO, it will keep interacting with gardaà on the calibre of crime statistics and collaborate with AGS to enhance the coverage and display of fraud statistics, reports RTE.
‘Much, much larger’ increase in thefts
The Convenience Stores and Newsagents’ Association’s chief executive has stated that there is “no doubt whatsoever” that the true numbers behind this year’s spike in thefts are “much, much higher.”
Vincent Jennings stated on RTÉ’s News at One that because it takes so long for a garda to visit their store, shopkeepers are hesitant to call the gardaà following occurrences.
“The 999 system that is being used is totally inefficient. It can take two or three days before you have a visit from a garda, and then the work that has to be done following up on a crime and nothing to happen from it, people have just thrown their hat at it. At the same time, it is a really, really important exercise in getting forward the correct data, but you can understand how people just don’t bother,” he said, reports RTE.
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