There was a fall in homicide, robbery and drug crimes last year.
However, CSO figures show an increase in the number of sexual offences and weapons and explosive offences.
The CSO’s recorded crime figures for 2024 show there was a 13% decline in homicides and related offences with 77 incidents last year.
Compared to 2023, there were also declines in robberies and drug offences, which show a 10 and 7 % drop respectively.
However there was an 8% increase in sexual offences and a 5% rise in both weapons and explosives and public order crimes.
In the Dublin Metropolitan Garda region, there was a 9% increase in the number of attempts / threats to murder and assaults, the figure was 6% in the Eastern region, however for the northwest there was a 3% decline and a 5% decline in the southern region.
