There has been a significant reduction in most categories of serious crime according to the latest CSO crime figures published today.
Homicide, robbery, extortion, fraud and burglary offences were all down, but sexual offences increased by 17%
However the pattern for the last four years has also shown increases in robbery, weapons and theft offences, which increased by 30%.
Recorded crime fell in ten of the 14 categories of serious crime according to the latest CSO figures which compare the second quarter of this year with the same period last year.
Homicide and related offences, which includes gangland murder, was down 42%. Much of the decrease is due to the reduction in dangerous driving causing death offences. However the CSO says these can be revised over time.
There were also reductions in kidnapping and related offences, down 16%, robbery and extortion down 14%, burglary down 7% and drugs and theft offences, both down 2%.
However the CSO says that theft offences have increased over the four years from 2022 to 2025 by 30%, and there have also been increases in weapons and explosives offences up 19%, and robbery, extortion and hijacking up 14%.
Dangerous or negligent acts dropped by 14%.
Sexual offences also increased by 17% this year, but gardaí say this could also be related to an increase in reporting, particularly of historic sexual offences.
