Cork sees significant rise in recorded crimes this year

The number of assaults have returned to almost pre-pandemic levels Cork County Council's joint policing committee was told

Assaults causing harm rose from 78 cases to 98 cases in the first quarter of 2021 in the Cork City policing division. Minor assaults jumped to 309 cases in the first four months of this year from 195 cases in the same period in 2021. 

Crimes — including rape and serious assaults — have risen significantly across Cork City and county in the first quarter of this year.

Assaults have risen back to almost 2020 levels, Chief Superintendent of West Cork Con Cadogan noted at Cork County Council's joint policing committee, where he shared crime figures for the first four months of this year.