‘Crackdown on gangs behind 9% drop in break-ins’

A Garda crackdown on travelling burglary gangs is being credited with a 9% drop in break-ins over the last year.

Figures from the Central Statistics Office show that burglary offences were among 12 of 14 crime categories reporting a fall in recorded offences in the year ending last March.

Other categories with fewer crimes include homicides, sexual assaults, assaults, robberies, drug offences, weapons offences and public order.