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 2a: Irish crime statistics from 1974-1994.

Year	Indictable Offences	Non-Indictable Offences	Total Recorded Offences
1974	40,096	298,850	338,946
1975	48,387	309,108	357,495
1976	54,382	295,013	349,395
1977	62,946	388,226	451,172
1978	62,000	322,032	384,032
1979	64,057	338,150	402,207
1980	72,782	402,812	475,594
1981	89,400	474,859	564,259
1982	97,626	570,803	668,429
1983	102,387	729,307	831,694
1984	99,727	846,906	946,633
1985	91,285	566,676	657,961
1986	86,574	554,271	640,845
1987	85,358	572,899	658,257
1988	89,544	569,218	658,762
1989	86,792	574,732	661,524
1990	87,658	462,088	549,746
1991	94,406	466,513	560,919
1992	95,391	487,348	582,739
1993	98,979	562,260	661,239
1994	101,036	500,747	601,783

1. From 1974 the basis on which the number of non-indictable offences were recorded changed from ‘number of persons proceeded against’ to number of ‘offences in which proceedings were taken’.

2. The Indictable Offences figure includes all offences that became known to An Garda Síochána. The non-indictable figure only includes those offences in which proceedings were taken.

(Source: An Garda Síochána Annual Reports)

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Year	Total RTA Offences	RTA Offences as % of Non-Indictable Offences	RTA Offences as % of Total Recorded Offences
1974	221,118	74%	65%
1975	219,146	71%	61%
1976	200,592	68%	57%
1977	282,964	73%	63%
1978	217,140	67%	57%
1979	240,635	71%	60%
1980	291,330	72%	61%
1981	351,526	74%	62%
1982	420,411	74%	63%
1983	505,029	69%	61%
1984	566,966	67%	60%
1985	348,741	62%	53%
1986	334,002	60%	52%
1987	370,583	65%	56%
1988	387,817	68%	59%
1989	364,748	63%	55%
1990	280,597	61%	51%
1991	287,215	62%	51%
1992	304,198	62%	52%
1993	363,532	65%	55%
1994	312,850	62%	52%

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Table 2a: Irish crime statistics from 1974-1994.

Table 2b: Road Traffic Act Offences as a percentage of total crime recorded from 1974-1994.