3 out of 4 Burglaries are not Detected
A report published today by the CSO (Central Statistics Office) states that there were 25,377 Burglary and Related Offences recorded in 2010. This was a decrease of 5.8% on the same figure from one year previous. 96.7% of offences in this category were Burglary (not aggravated) offences, which decreased by 6.2% in this time period.
Aggravated burglary fell by 10.1% to 330 in 2010, while Possession of an article (with intent to burgle, steal, demand) increased by 18.1% between 2009 and 2010. Detection rates for this group were just over a quarter (25.5%) in 2010.
Possession of an article (with intent to burgle, steal, demand) had the highest detection rate in 2009 at over 99%. This is to be expected due to the nature of the crime type. Burglary (not aggravated) had the lowest detection rate with 23.7% of offences being detected.The detection rate for drugs offences was also over 90%. Males under the age of 25 represented 46.5% of all those convicted for such offences.
Court proceedings commenced for 3,767 Burglary and Related Offences recorded in 2010. Over 53% of these resulted in a conviction and almost 18% received non-convictions. For offences recorded in 2010, almost half (49.5%) of those convicted were in the 25-44 year age bracket.
Over 40% of Burglary (ICCS 071) offences were recorded in the Dublin Metropolitan Region. The per capita figures varied from a low of 194.1 per 100,000 in Cork West Garda Division to a high of 1,261.8 per 100,000 in South Central DMR Division.
The CSO figures also show substantial increases in recorded sexual offences, kidnapping, drugs and weapons and explosives offences.
These figures, which provide a broad overview of recorded and detected crime, show significant increases in serious and organised crime over the five years from 2006 to 2010.
Drugs offences were up 40%, gun and explosives crime up 30%, robbery extortion and hijacking up 28% and kidnapping increased 59%.
Recorded sexual offences increased by 66% but there were deceases in the incidence of homicide, public order and road traffic offences over the five years.
However four out of every five crimes of damage to property and the environment and three out of every four burglaries were not detected.