CSO Statistics: Crime and rates of re-offending decline

Recorded crime has fallen in recent years across most categories, while the rate of re-offending has also decreased.

Figures from the CSO’s annual yearbook, published yesterday, show there have been steady annual declines since 2009 in offences such as dangerous or negligent acts, weapons and explosives offences, and public order and other social code offences.

While there was a slight rise in 2014 in the number of controlled drugs offences recorded, overall that too has fallen over the years since 2009. However, over the same period, fraud, deception, and related offences rose 9.2%.