Thursday 29 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

1703 cases in 2024, shaded by cases per 100,000 residents (Census 2022). Select a county for its breakdown. 59 cases have no county and are not on the map.

Donegal: 62 cases, 37.7 per 100,000Waterford: 24 cases, 19.0 per 100,000Dublin: 690 cases, 48.1 per 100,000Kilkenny: 9 cases, 8.7 per 100,000Carlow: 11 cases, 17.9 per 100,000Limerick: 106 cases, 51.1 per 100,000Louth: 53 cases, 38.2 per 100,000Tipperary: 30 cases, 18.0 per 100,000Roscommon: 19 cases, 27.3 per 100,000Meath: 24 cases, 10.9 per 100,000Wicklow: 36 cases, 23.4 per 100,000Cavan: 8 cases, 9.9 per 100,000Cork: 201 cases, 34.8 per 100,000Clare: 45 cases, 35.7 per 100,000Galway: 73 cases, 26.7 per 100,000Mayo: 18 cases, 13.2 per 100,000Sligo: 8 cases, 11.6 per 100,000Leitrim: 2 cases, 5.8 per 100,000Offaly: 10 cases, 12.1 per 100,000Laois: 21 cases, 23.0 per 100,000Kildare: 55 cases, 22.4 per 100,000Kerry: 40 cases, 26.2 per 100,000Monaghan: 13 cases, 20.1 per 100,000Wexford: 29 cases, 17.8 per 100,000Longford: 22 cases, 47.4 per 100,000Westmeath: 35 cases, 36.7 per 100,000
noneup to 10.2up to 20.5up to 30.7up to 40.9up to 51.1
per 100,000 residents. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0, simplified.

Dublin

690 cases in 2024 · 48.1 per 100,000 · 1,435,449 residents

  • Irish 233
  • Non-Irish 70
  • Both in one case 5
  • Not known 382

By type of offence

  • Violence186
  • Drugs110
  • Other104
  • Burglary, robbery and damage82
  • Murder and manslaughter68
  • Sexual and domestic abuse65
  • Fraud and money laundering37
  • Driving32
  • Deaths and disappearances3
  • Not given3

Latest cases

Every case in Dublin

Every county

CountyCasesPer 100kSuspect origin
Dublin69048.1
Cork20134.8
Limerick10651.1
Galway7326.7
Donegal6237.7
Kildare5522.4
Louth5338.2
Clare4535.7
Kerry4026.2
Wicklow3623.4
Westmeath3536.7
Tipperary3018.0
Wexford2917.8
Meath2410.9
Waterford2419.0
Longford2247.4
Laois2123.0
Roscommon1927.3
Mayo1813.2
Monaghan1320.1
Carlow1117.9
Offaly1012.1
Kilkenny98.7
Cavan89.9
Sligo811.6
Leitrim25.8

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.