Wednesday 28 October 2026Compiled from published reports. Every claim links to its source.

Ireland Crime

Every case followed from the first report to the sentence, or to where the reporting stopped.

Cases by county

11 cases in 2020, shaded by cases per 100,000 residents (Census 2022). Select a county for its breakdown.

Donegal: 0 cases, 0.0 per 100,000Waterford: 0 cases, 0.0 per 100,000Dublin: 3 cases, 0.2 per 100,000Kilkenny: 0 cases, 0.0 per 100,000Carlow: 0 cases, 0.0 per 100,000Limerick: 2 cases, 1.0 per 100,000Louth: 1 case, 0.7 per 100,000Tipperary: 0 cases, 0.0 per 100,000Roscommon: 1 case, 1.4 per 100,000Meath: 0 cases, 0.0 per 100,000Wicklow: 0 cases, 0.0 per 100,000Cavan: 0 cases, 0.0 per 100,000Cork: 0 cases, 0.0 per 100,000Clare: 3 cases, 2.4 per 100,000Galway: 1 case, 0.4 per 100,000Mayo: 0 cases, 0.0 per 100,000Sligo: 0 cases, 0.0 per 100,000Leitrim: 0 cases, 0.0 per 100,000Offaly: 0 cases, 0.0 per 100,000Laois: 0 cases, 0.0 per 100,000Kildare: 0 cases, 0.0 per 100,000Kerry: 0 cases, 0.0 per 100,000Monaghan: 0 cases, 0.0 per 100,000Wexford: 0 cases, 0.0 per 100,000Longford: 0 cases, 0.0 per 100,000Westmeath: 0 cases, 0.0 per 100,000
noneup to 0.5up to 1.0up to 1.4up to 1.9up to 2.4
per 100,000 residents. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0, simplified.

Clare

3 cases in 2020 · 2.4 per 100,000 · 125,982 residents

  • Irish 2
  • Non-Irish 0
  • Both in one case 0
  • Not known 1

By type of offence

  • Drugs1
  • Murder and manslaughter1
  • Other1

Latest cases

Every case in Clare

Every county

CountyCasesPer 100kSuspect origin
Clare32.4
Dublin30.2
Limerick21.0
Galway10.4
Louth10.7
Roscommon11.4
Carlow00.0
Cavan00.0
Cork00.0
Donegal00.0
Kerry00.0
Kildare00.0
Kilkenny00.0
Laois00.0
Leitrim00.0
Longford00.0
Mayo00.0
Meath00.0
Monaghan00.0
Offaly00.0
Sligo00.0
Tipperary00.0
Waterford00.0
Westmeath00.0
Wexford00.0
Wicklow00.0

Rates count cases reported in the news, not recorded crime, and small counties swing a lot on one or two cases. Dublin's courts also hear cases from elsewhere, but each case is placed in the county where the incident happened.