Irish Examiner View: CSO publishes crime figures - Sex crimes to double by 2025?

There was a 4% rise in reported sexual offences last year, bringing the increase to 45% over five years.

This may not be the moment to consider another dispiriting graph, particularly one that records a growth in sex crimes and assaults, but figures published by the Central Statistics Office yesterday make that unavoidable.

There was a 4% rise in reported sexual offences last year, bringing the increase to 45% over five years.