Key findings:

• When measured in September 2025, detection rates for crime incidents reported in 2024 were equal to or above those in 2023 for nine of the fourteen crime offence groups. 
• By September 2025, the detection rate for crime incidents reported in 2023 had increased for 11 out of the 14 crime offence groups compared with 12 months earlier.
• For most offence groups in 2024, the crime rate for the Dublin Metropolitan Region (DMR) was higher than for other regions while the rate of detection was lower. 
• Males were the suspected offender for most crime incidents in 2024 that were marked detected, in particular, for Sexual offences (99%), Kidnapping & Related offences (94%), Weapons & Explosives offences (92%), and Burglary & Related offences (90%).
• The suspected offender was female in 37% of detected crime incidents of Theft & Related offences and 23% of those in the Fraud, Deception & Related offences group when the crime was reported directly to the Gardaí by members of the public.
• Most suspected offenders for reported crime incidents in 2024 marked as detected were aged between 18 and 44 years when the offence took place. 
• The number of fixed charge notices issued by Gardaí for Speeding and Disorderly Conduct offences were down in 2024 from 12 months earlier while those for Driving Licence/Insurance offences were up.

Detection Rates by Offence group
The statistics show that when measured in September 2025, the detection rates for crime incidents recorded in 2024 were equal to or above those in 2023 for nine of the fourteen crime offence groups compared with 12 months earlier. The most notable increase was for Offences against Government, Justice Procedures & Organisation of Crime at 70%, which was 7 percentage points higher than 2023. To a much lesser extent, the detection rate in 2024 for Controlled Drug offences was 2 percentage points higher at 81% than in 2023. In contrast, the detection rate in 2024 was lower than in 2023 for Homicide & Related offences which, at 75%, was 7 percentage points lower than in 2023, Attempts/Threats to Murder, Assaults, Harassments & Related offences at 25%, and Weapons & Explosives offences at 68%, were both 3 percentage points lower than in 2023. For all other offence groups, the percentage point change in detection rates ranged between -1 and +1. 

Crime Detection Rates by Garda Region
The crime incident detection rate was highest for the DMR for five of the fourteen crime offence groups in 2024.

• Fraud, Deception & Related offences saw highest detection rates of 10% for the Dublin Metropolitan, North Western, and Southern regions. The rate was 7% for the Eastern region. This was in respect of crime incidents reported directly to the Gardaí only.
• Controlled Drug offences had a detection rate of 84% for the DMR compared with 83% for the Eastern region, 79% for the Southern region, and 74% for the North Western region.
• The detection rate for Public Order & Other Social Code offences was 84% for the DMR compared with 83% for the North Western region and 82% for the Eastern region.
• Offences against Government, Justice Procedures & Organisation of Crime saw a detection rate of 76% for the DMR compared with the next highest of 69% for the Eastern region.
• The detection rate for Weapons & Explosives offences for the DMR was 76%, whereas this rate ranged between 58% and 64% for all other regions.

Recorded Crimes Leading to a Charge or Summons
Between 2018 and 2021, at least a fifth of reported crime incidents of Sexual offences led to a charge or summons sanction. The share for those reported in subsequent years was lower ranging from 17% in 2022 to 7% in 2024 but would be expected to increase with time. The share of crime incidents that led to a charge or summons tended to be much higher for some offence categories than others. Homicide & Related offences, Dangerous or Negligent Acts, Controlled Drug offences, and Weapons & Explosives offences were the offence groups with the largest shares from 2018 to 2024. For other offence groups, the experience was mixed. For example, between 15% and 16% of reported crime incidents of Burglary & Related offences in 2018 and 2019 led to a charge or summons but the rate was at least 20% between 2020 and 2024.

Suspected Offenders 
As in previous years, males continued to be the suspected offender for most detected crime incidents for 2024. The crime offence groups with the highest share of male suspected offenders were Sexual offences (99%), Kidnapping & Related offences (94%), Weapons & Explosives offences (92%), Burglary & Related offences (90%), and Controlled Drugs offences (89%). The suspected offender was female for 37% of detected crime incidents for Theft & Related offences and nearly a quarter (23%) of those in the Fraud, Deception & Related offences group when the crime was reported directly to the Gardai by members of the public.

The Age of Suspected Offenders
For all offence groups, most suspected offenders for detected crime were in the 18-44 age group when the incident took place. The following offence groups showed the highest share of suspected offenders who were aged 18 to 44 years:

• Controlled Drugs offences (84%).
• Robbery, Extortion & Hijacking offences (82%).
• Kidnapping & Related offences (80%).
• Offences against Government, Justice Procedures & Organisation of Crime (79%).

For more detail, see CSO webpages on:

• Crime Detection Rates
• Regional Analysis
• Crimes Leading to Charge or Summons
• Persons Detected and Sanction Types
• Fixed Charge Notice Offences
• Datasets related to this release:
  RCD03: Recorded Crime incidents by Detection Status, Type of Offence, and Garda Region
  RCD04: Recorded Crime incidents detection rates by Type of Offence
  RCD05: Recorded Crime incidents incident detection rates by Type of Offence and Quarter
  RCD06: Recorded Crime incidents and detections by Garda Region and Type of Offence
  RCD07: Proportion of crimes reported which have led to charge or summons by Type of Offence
  RCD08: Detected Recorded Crime by Sex of Suspected Offenders and Offence Group
  RCD09: Detected Recorded Crime by Age of Suspected Offender at Time of Offence and Offence Group
  RCD10: Suspected offenders of Recorded Crime by Sanction Type and Type of Offence
  RCD12: Fixed charge notice offences issued by An Garda Síochána by Type of Offence