Gardaí must ‘keep to the rules’ in recording crime

Gardaí must stick to the rules in recording crime in order to guarantee quality data, a high-level expert group has said.

The Department of Justice body also said there was evidence that gardaí are not always applying correctly the rules regarding the detection of crimes.

The Expert Group on Crime Statistics was set up on foot of the Crime Investigation report, published by the Garda Inspectorate in 2014. It criticised aspects of crime recording and made a number of recommendations.