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Europe > Ireland > Crime

IRISH CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Assaults 9,921 [32nd of 49]
Burglaries 23,042 [27th of 38]
Definition: Crime > Burglaries
Source: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Car thefts 14,851 [25th of 46]
Definition: Crime > Car thefts
Source: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Death penalty > Abolition date 1,990 [28th of 64]
Definition: Crime > Death penalty > Abolition date
Source: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Death penalty > Last executed 1,954 [23rd of 55]
Definition: Crime > Death penalty > Last executed
Source: Last updated: 01/04/03
Drug offences 190.2 per 100,000 people [13th of 46]
Definition: Crime > Drug offences
Source: Last updated: 01/04/03
Illicit drugs
transshipment point for and consumer of hashish from North Africa to the UK and Netherlands and of European-produced synthetic drugs; increasing consumption of South American cocaine; minor transshipment point for heroin and cocaine destined for Western Europe; despite recent legislation, narcotics-related money laundering - using bureaux de change, trusts, and shell companies involving the offshore financial community - remains a concern
Definition: Crime > Illicit drugs
Source: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Jails 14 [47th of 80]
Definition: Crime > Jails
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Murders 38 [56th of 49]
Definition: Crime > Murders
Source: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Murders committed by youths 10 [65th of 73]
Definition: Crime > Murders committed by youths
Source: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Murders with firearms 12 [30th of 36]
Definition: Crime > Murders with firearms
Source: World Health Organization: World report on violence and health, 2002
Police 11,642 [33rd of 47]
Definition: Crime > Police
Source: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Rapes 218 [44th of 50]
Definition: Crime > Rapes
Source: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Robberies 2,414 [42nd of 47]
Definition: Crime > Robberies
Source: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Software piracy rate 34% [90th of 107]
Definition: Crime > Software piracy rate
Source: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Suicide rates in ages 15-24 8.8 per 100,000 people [12th of 17]
Definition: Crime > Suicide rates in ages 15-24
Source: Fifth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study
Suicide rates in ages 25-34 14 per 100,000 people [12th of 17]
Definition: Crime > Suicide rates in ages 25-34
Source: GECD Society at a Glance 2001, Statistical Annex Table D3
Suicide rates in ages above 75 6.5 per 100,000 people [17th of 17]
Definition: Crime > Suicide rates in ages above 75
Source: GECD Society at a Glance 2001, Statistical Annex Table D3
Total crimes 81,274 [39th of 50]
Definition: Crime > Total crimes
Source: GECD Society at a Glance 2001, Statistical Annex Table D3
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines 0 [125th of 143]
Definition: Crime > Unpaid diplomatic parking fines
Source: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)

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SOURCES: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention); Last updated: 01/04/03; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention); World Health Organization: World report on violence and health, 2002; Fifth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study; GECD Society at a Glance 2001, Statistical Annex Table D3; Cultures of Corruption: Evidence from Diplomatic Parking Tickets Ray Fisman Edward Miguel Columbia University and NBER University of California, Berkeley and NBER 2006

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Ireland, ireland republic, Republic of Ireland, Irish Republic

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,jhbhj
8th October 2009
Narnia
Edria Murray
Staff editor

25th March 2005
In response to Connor:

The country with the highest per capita murder rate is Colombia followed by South Africa and Jamaica. You can find this information on the murder page in the crime category.

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