There has been an increase in theft and robbery offences, according to the latest CSO recorded crime figures.
Robbery, extortion and hijacking offences increased by a figure of 485, 24% for the year up to September, when compared to the same period last year.
Theft was up 16%, almost an additional 10,000 offences over the 12 months
However fraud was down 27% while cases of attempted murder and related offences fell by 6%.
There were also reductions in homicide and sex offences,
Drugs offences remained static.
