CSO figures show increase in burglaries but drop in homicides

Michael Bolton

The number of burglaries and thefts in Ireland increased in the third quarter of 2024, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO)

Figures show burglaries increased by 10 per cent last year, rising by 878 to 9,981. Increases in incidents of non-aggravated burglary accounted for most of this change.

The number of incidents of Theft and related offences rose by seven per cent, or 5,331, with 60 per cent of them being theft from shops.

However, the number of homicides in the country fell by 12 per cent to 75 incidents in the year to Q3 2024.

This includes murder, attempted murder and dangerous driving causing death.

Kidnapping-type offences rose by 16 per cent to 168, weapons and explosives offences by 11 per cent to 2,970 and public order type offences by three per cent to 30,092.

There was a six per cent drop in drug offences and a one per cent drop in sexual offences.

The Southern region saw the largest increase in incidents involving Burglary and related offences, at 23 per cent. It also saw the largest decrease in drug offences, an eleven per cent drop.

Theft & Related offences had the largest rate of increase in the Eastern region at 11 per cent.

The number of crime incidents involving Weapons & Explosives offences rose by 16 per cent in the Dublin Metropolitan Region.