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Fraud offences up from 5,405 to 7,265, CSO figures show
27 Sep 2019 / policing Print

Fraud offences jump up from 5,405 to 7,265

The number of fraud offences recorded by gardai rose by 34.4% in the year to June 2019, new CSO statistics show, with a jump from 5,405 to 7,265 recorded incidents.

Drug offences increased by 16.5%, from 17,304 to 20,153.

Upward trend

The upward trend in reported sexual offences continued, up by 9.2% on the previous 12-month period to 3,286 incidents in the year to June.

The number of incidents of kidnapping and related offences also rose by 24.

The number of homicides recorded for the 12 months to June fell by 38 compared with the previous period.

Murder incidents fell by nine, with a decrease of 28 in the number of confirmed incidents of dangerous driving leading to death compared with the previous year.

The number of burglary and related offences decreased by 9.8% in the year to June, from 18,416 to 16,617.

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