Serious crimes take a dive as CSO drops yearly statistics
Murder and most other serious crimes have decreased in the past year, according to the Central Statistics Office.
The CSO released its annual crime figures on Monday morning, covering the 12 months up to the end of September 2025.
Homicide and related offences fell by 25% as 22 fewer incidents occurred, with robbery, extortion and hijacking offences also going down by 13%.
Homicide and related offences fell by 25%. Pic: Shutterstock
Meanwhile, burglary and related offences reduced by 12%.
On the other hand, attempted murder, assaults and related offences saw a minor increase, rising by 2%.
Public order offences also grew slightly, this time by 3%.
Recorded sexual offences remained virtually the same as the year before. Pic: Niall Carson/PA
Recorded sexual offences remained virtually the same as the year before, seeing 3,617 incidents across the 12 months.
Further drops in crime included kidnapping offences falling by 24% and fraud-related offences going down 6%.
However, the CSO has said that the fraud figures only relate to offences reported directly to Gardaí by members of the public and not those reported by financial institutions.
Kidnapping offences fell by 24% and fraud-related offences dropped 6%. Pic: Getty Images
The number of victims of attempts or threats to murder, assaults, harassments, and related offences was 6,343. This was a marginal increase of 1% compared to the year before.
The number of male victims rose by 4% to 3,870, while the number of female victims fell by 4% to 2,473.
The CSO said: ‘Looking at the overall profile of victims when the incident occurred, those victims aged 45-59 years increased by 8% over the year and those aged 30-44 years increased by 3%. The number of victims in the other age groups fell with the largest decreases being for those aged 60 years or more (-6%) and those aged 18-29 years (-5%).
This year’s figures were extended to include crime incidents for speeding and dangerous or careless driving. Pic: Shutterstock
‘The trend among male victims reflected the overall trend, even if the percentage changes were different in magnitude. Male victims aged 45-59 rose by 12% and those aged 30-44 years increased by 8%. However, there were decreases in the number of victims in the 18-29 years and 60 years or over categories.
‘Among female victims, the number of victims fell in all but the 45-59 age group, which rose by 2%. Among the other age groups, the number of victims aged 60 years or more was down 11% and there was a 10% decrease in victims under 18 years of age.’
According to the CSO, this year’s figures were extended to include crime incidents for speeding and dangerous or careless driving and motorway offences.
Meanwhile, over the past four years, the CSO has recorded significant changes in some categories.
From 2022 to 2025, thefts are up by 18% and weapons-and-explosives offences have risen by 16%.
However, over the same period, kidnapping offences have dropped by 21%.
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