Thefts increased significantly in past year, latest CSO crime figures show

Thefts were up significantly over a 12 month period, latest figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show. 

The latest crime figures show recorded crime incidents classed as Theft & Related offences increased by 36% to 69,340 in the year to Q1 2023 compared with the previous year.

Theft from shops, which contributed to nearly half of this increase, was up by 37% over the year.

Crime incidents involving Fraud, Deception & Related offences were down 41% to 10,366 over the same period which the CSO says was mostly due to a fall in incidents of unauthorised transactions and attempts to obtain personal or banking information online or by phone.

Most other crime categories increased over the year to Q1 2023, with the highest rates of increase in Homicide & Related offences (+28%), and Robbery, Extortion & Hijacking offences (+20%).

The number of crime incidents classed as Burglary & Related offences at 9,246 in the year to Q1 2023 was just over half (55%) of the 16,741 incidents recorded in the same period in 2019.

Victims of Attempts/Threats to Murder, Assaults, Harassments & Related offences fell by 8% in the year to Q1 2023 when compared with Q1 2022. The number of male victims fell by 8% while the number of female victims fell by 7%.