Crime Statistics

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Table 1: Irish crime statistics from 1950-1973
Table 2: Irish crime statistics from 1974-1994
Table 3: Irish crime statistics from 1995-2007
Table 4: Breach of Domestic Violence Orders Offences
Table 5: Arrests and Convictions for Drink/Driving Offences
Table 6a: Number and Type of Homicides Recorded from 1951-2007
Table 6b: Murders in which a Firearm was used 1998-2007
Table 6c: Murders in which a Knife or Sharp Implement was used 2000-2007
Table 6d: Murder Victims by Gender
Table 7a: Incidents of Robbery and Aggravated Burglary where Firearms were used
Table 7b: Incidents of Robbery and Aggravated Burglary where Syringes were used

Table 7a: Incidents of Robbery or Aggravated Burglary where Firearms were used

	Recorded	Detected
1993	723	186 (26%)
1994	582	155 (27%)
1995	542	153 (28%)
1996	481	156 (32%)
1997	252	85 (34%)
1998	221	88 (40%)
1999	290	96 (33%)
2000	203	100 (49%)
2001	232	88 (38%)
2002	364	116 (32%)
2003	313	56 (18%)
2004	428	138 (32%)
2005	353	133 (38%)

(Source: Annual Reports of An Garda Síochána 1993-2005)

Table 7b: Incidents of Robbery or Aggravated Burglary where Syringes were used

	Recorded	Detected
1993	154	58 (38%)
1994	295	104 (35%)
1995	453	159 (35%)
1996	1,104	484 (44%)
1997	893	338 (38%)
1998	442	171 (39%)
1999	384	179 (47%)
2000	361	182 (50%)
2001	371	158 (43%)
2002	221	95 (43%)
2003	287	119 (42%)
2004	172	70 (41%)
2005	165	80 (49%)
2006	115	57 (50%)

(Source: Annual Reports of An Garda Síochána 1993-2005; 2006 figure taken from Central Statistics Office Garda Recorded Crime Statistics 2003-2006 using new Irish Crime Classification System or ICCS)

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Table 7a: Incidents of Robbery or Aggravated Burglary where Firearms were used

Table 7b: Incidents of Robbery or Aggravated Burglary where Syringes were used