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

521 cases in 2026, shaded by cases per 100,000 residents (Census 2022). Select a county for its breakdown. 14 cases have no county and are not on the map.

Donegal: 8 cases, 4.9 per 100,000Waterford: 9 cases, 7.1 per 100,000Dublin: 240 cases, 16.7 per 100,000Kilkenny: 2 cases, 1.9 per 100,000Carlow: 6 cases, 9.8 per 100,000Limerick: 25 cases, 12.1 per 100,000Louth: 18 cases, 13.0 per 100,000Tipperary: 8 cases, 4.8 per 100,000Roscommon: 2 cases, 2.9 per 100,000Meath: 17 cases, 7.8 per 100,000Wicklow: 6 cases, 3.9 per 100,000Cavan: 8 cases, 9.9 per 100,000Cork: 41 cases, 7.1 per 100,000Clare: 16 cases, 12.7 per 100,000Galway: 20 cases, 7.3 per 100,000Mayo: 4 cases, 2.9 per 100,000Sligo: 5 cases, 7.2 per 100,000Leitrim: 2 cases, 5.8 per 100,000Offaly: 8 cases, 9.7 per 100,000Laois: 12 cases, 13.1 per 100,000Kildare: 16 cases, 6.5 per 100,000Kerry: 10 cases, 6.6 per 100,000Monaghan: 2 cases, 3.1 per 100,000Wexford: 10 cases, 6.2 per 100,000Longford: 2 cases, 4.3 per 100,000Westmeath: 10 cases, 10.5 per 100,000
noneup to 3.3up to 6.7up to 10.0up to 13.4up to 16.7
per 100,000 residents. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0, simplified.

Dublin

240 cases in 2026 · 16.7 per 100,000 · 1,435,449 residents

  • Irish 66
  • Non-Irish 26
  • Both in one case 7
  • Not known 141

By type of offence

  • Other63
  • Violence52
  • Burglary, robbery and damage27
  • Drugs27
  • Sexual and domestic abuse21
  • Driving20
  • Murder and manslaughter13
  • Deaths and disappearances11
  • Fraud and money laundering6

Latest cases

Every case in Dublin

Every county

CountyCasesPer 100kSuspect origin
Dublin24016.7
Cork417.1
Limerick2512.1
Galway207.3
Louth1813.0
Meath177.8
Clare1612.7
Kildare166.5
Laois1213.1
Kerry106.6
Westmeath1010.5
Wexford106.2
Waterford97.1
Cavan89.9
Donegal84.9
Offaly89.7
Tipperary84.8
Carlow69.8
Wicklow63.9
Sligo57.2
Mayo42.9
Kilkenny21.9
Leitrim25.8
Longford24.3
Monaghan23.1
Roscommon22.9

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.