CSO reports rise in fraud, sexual assaults and kidnappings in 2019

There has been an increase in the number of cases of fraud, sexual assaults, kidnapping and drugs offences recorded by gardaí this year, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

The number of homicides recorded by gardaí fell by 27 for the 12 months to September 2019 compared with the previous year, according to figures from the CSO.