Homicides down 25% in year to third quarter
Official figures show that recorded incidents of crime fell in most categories in the year to the third quarter (Q3) of 2025.
The number of homicides and related offences in the 12-month period fell by 25% to 67, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
Recorded incidents of robbery, extortion and hijacking fell by 13% to 2,152, while burglaries were down 12% to 8,765 incidents.
Kidnapping offences dropped by 24%, while fraud-related offences were down 6%. The CSO figures for fraud are based only on incidents reported to gardaí by members of the public and recorded on the Garda PULSE system.
Public-order offences up
The number of recorded incidents of sexual offences in the year to Q3 remained virtually unchanged at 3,617.
There were increases in incidents of attempts or threats to murder, assaults, harassments, and related offences (3%), public order (2%), and offences linked to weapons and explosives (1%).
For six of the 16 categories of offence, there were falls in all garda regions, with the most notable declines recorded in burglary, offences linked to robbery, extortion, and hijacking, and theft-related offences.
Assault victims
The CSO figures also show that the number of victims of offences covering attempts or threats to murder, assaults, harassments, and related offences in Q3 this year was 6,343 –an increase of 1% compared with Q3 last year.
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 says that figures for the four-year period from 2022 to 2025 show significant changes in some categories of recorded crime, with thefts up by 18% over the period and weapons-and-explosives offences rising by 16%.
In contrast, kidnapping offences have dropped by 21% over the past four years.