Ireland crime rate per 100K population for 2021 was 0.44, a 33.87% decline from 2020.

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<li>Ireland crime rate per 100K population for 2020 was <strong>0.67</strong>, a <strong>2.08% increase</strong> from 2019.</li>
<li>Ireland crime rate per 100K population for 2019 was <strong>0.65</strong>, a <strong>18.98% decline</strong> from 2018.</li>
<li>Ireland crime rate per 100K population for 2018 was <strong>0.81</strong>, a <strong>1.3% decline</strong> from 2017.</li>
</ul>Intentional homicides are estimates of unlawful homicides purposely inflicted as a result of domestic disputes, interpersonal violence, violent conflicts over land resources, intergang violence over turf or control, and predatory violence and killing by armed groups. Intentional homicide does not include all intentional killing; the difference is usually in the organization of the killing. Individuals or small groups usually commit homicide, whereas killing in armed conflict is usually committed by fairly cohesive groups of up to several hundred members and is thus usually excluded.

In 2023, there were 218,128 crime offences recorded in the Republic of Ireland, an increase from the previous year. Between 2003 and 2008, the number of crime offences in Ireland increased from 230,191 to a peak of 297,540 followed by a similarly steep decline in offences between 2008 and 2013.

In 2023/24 there were 44,143 violent crimes recorded by the police in Northern Ireland, compared with 49,992 in the previous reporting year.

Ireland: Property crimes per 100,000 people: The latest value from is crimes per 100,000 people, unavailable from crimes per 100,000 people in . In comparison, the world average is 0.00 crimes per 100,000 people, based on data from countries. Historically, the average for Ireland from to is crimes per 100,000 people. The minimum value, crimes per 100,000 people, was reached in while the maximum of crimes per 100,000 people was recorded in .

There were 65 homicide offences recorded in the Republic of Ireland in 2023, compared with 80in 2022. In the provided time period, homicides in Ireland increased from 2003 onwards, reaching a peak of 153 in 2007 before declining to the relatively low figures seen in the late 2010s.

Ireland - Population reporting occurrence of crime, violence or vandalism in their area was 9.60% in December of 2023, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Ireland - Population reporting occurrence of crime, violence or vandalism in their area - last updated from the EUROSTAT on June of 2025. Historically, Ireland - Population reporting occurrence of crime, violence or vandalism in their area reached a record high of 16.50% in December of 2006 and a record low of 8.30% in December of 2019.

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The Police Service of Northern Ireland produces statistics on the number of crimes reported to police in Northern Ireland. Statistics are published on a financial year basis and a comparable data series has been available since 1998/99. These statistics are collected in accordance with the National Crime Recording Standard (NCRS) and the Home Office Counting Rules (HOCR). Except for some differences in legislation, they are comparable with police recorded crime statistics in England & Wales.

Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) in Ireland was reported at 0.44119 in 2021, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Ireland - Intentional homicides (per 100;000 people) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on April of 2025.

In 2023/24 there were 104,344 crimes recorded by the police in Northern Ireland, compared with 111,411 in the previous year, which was the fewest number of crimes during this provided time period. By contrast, the reporting year with the most crimes in Northern Ireland was 2002/03, when there were 138,132.

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Northern Ireland's crime rate has fallen from 81.4 crimes per 1,000 people in 2002/03 to 58.3 in 2023/24, when fraud is including the crime rate of Northern Ireland was 57.1 crimes per 1,000 people in 2023/24. During this time period, Norther Ireland's crime rate saw the biggest decline in its crime rate between 2002/03 and 2003/04 when it dropped from 81.4 to 73.3.

Financial Year statistics on Recorded Crime in Northern Ireland.

Source agency: Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI)

Designation: National Statistics

Language: English

Alternative title: PSNI Annual Statistics: Recorded Crime in Northern Ireland

In 2023/24 the crime rate of Northern Ireland stood at 55 crimes per 1,000 people, with the policing district of Belfast City having the highest crime rate of 96 crimes per 1,000 people.

CVS31 - How confident persons are that the wider criminal justice system has brought people who commit crimes in Ireland to justice. Published by Central Statistics Office. Available under the license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0).How confident persons are that the wider criminal justice system has brought people who commit crimes in Ireland to justice...

The PSNI produces statistics on the number of domestic abuse incidents and crimes recorded by the police in Northern Ireland. Statistics are published on a financial year basis and a comparable data series has been available since 2004/05. These statistics are collected in accordance with the definition of domestic abuse outlined in the Northern Ireland Government Strategy ‘Stopping Domestic and Sexual Violence and Abuse in Northern Ireland’.

Ireland - Population reporting occurrence of crime, violence or vandalism in their area: Above 60% of median equivalised income was 10.30% in December of 2020, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Ireland - Population reporting occurrence of crime, violence or vandalism in their area: Above 60% of median equivalised income - last updated from the EUROSTAT on April of 2025. Historically, Ireland - Population reporting occurrence of crime, violence or vandalism in their area: Above 60% of median equivalised income reached a record high of 16.10% in December of 2006 and a record low of 7.70% in December of 2019.

Ireland murder/homicide rate per 100K population for 2021 was 0.44, a 33.87% decline from 2020.

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<li>Ireland murder/homicide rate per 100K population for 2020 was <strong>0.67</strong>, a <strong>2.08% increase</strong> from 2019.</li>
<li>Ireland murder/homicide rate per 100K population for 2019 was <strong>0.65</strong>, a <strong>18.98% decline</strong> from 2018.</li>
<li>Ireland murder/homicide rate per 100K population for 2018 was <strong>0.81</strong>, a <strong>1.3% decline</strong> from 2017.</li>
</ul>Intentional homicides are estimates of unlawful homicides purposely inflicted as a result of domestic disputes, interpersonal violence, violent conflicts over land resources, intergang violence over turf or control, and predatory violence and killing by armed groups. Intentional homicide does not include all intentional killing; the difference is usually in the organization of the killing. Individuals or small groups usually commit homicide, whereas killing in armed conflict is usually committed by fairly cohesive groups of up to several hundred members and is thus usually excluded.

There were 730 sectarian hate crimes recorded by the police in Northern Ireland in 2023/24, compared with the previous year when there were 921.

Analysis of ‘CVS31 - How confident persons are that the wider criminal justice system has brought people who commit crimes in Ireland to justice’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from http://data.europa.eu/88u/dataset/d16ce418-dc52-496f-bc8b-d32e7a7e2d83 on 19 January 2022.

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How confident persons are that the wider criminal justice system has brought people who commit crimes in Ireland to justice

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