Crime figures show dangerous-driving rise
Recorded-crime figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show increases in most categories of offence in the 12 months to the end of June compared with the same period a year earlier.
The biggest increase of 11% was in dangerous and negligent acts, a category that includes speeding and dangerous driving.
Offences linked to fraud were up 9% in the 12-month period, while drug offences increased by 8%.
Burglaries down
The CSO points out that recorded fraud offences continue to relate only to those reported directly to gardaí by members of the public and do not include those reported by financial institutions.
The CSO figures show that the number of recorded incidents rose in 11 of the 15 crime categories over the year.
There was, however, a 19% drop in recorded sexual offences, while homicide fell by 9% and burglaries were down 6%.
Assault victims up 2%
The CSO figures also show that there were 6,410 victims of offences covering attempts or threats to murder, assaults, harassments, and related offences in the second quarter (Q2) of this year.
This was up 2% compared with the same quarter last year.
The highest rate of increase (6%) was among victims who were aged 45 to 59 at the time of the incident.
Female victims were up by 4% to 2,659, while the number of male victims remained virtually unchanged at 3,751 victims.