Rapes and sexual assaults on the rise in Cork City amid calls for tougher sanctions 

Reports of rape in the city went up from 44 in 2020 to 46 last year and sexual assaults from 90 to 111, senior garda says

The number of domestic abuse cases reported in North Cork went up by 14% and in West Cork by 9%, but were down by 1% in Cork City. File picture: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

Members of the Cork City and County Joint Policing Committee (JPC) have called for tougher sentencing to crack down on sexual and physical assaults as well as drug crimes, which have increased in the region in the past year.

Chief Superintendent Con Cadogan told the JPC meeting that reports of rape in the city went up from 44 in 2020 to 46 last year and sexual assaults from 90 to 111.