Murders double in last year, CSO data shows

The CSO data continues to be published “under reservation”, meaning the CSO remains concerned at the quality of the Garda data.

The number of murders have almost doubled in the last year, official figures show. CSO crime data reveals there were 47 murders in the year ending June of this year, compared to 24 in the previous year.

The figures show that the total number of homicides — also including dangerous driving causing death and manslaughter — was 71 in the year ending Q2 2023. This compares to 54 the previous year and is the highest since 2019 (74).