The research of crime rates in Cork city Ireland
Crime in Cork city
Going Up! Going Down!
Ireland's police force,An Garda Siochanna, have spent tens of millions installing a new centralized computer system throughout the nation. Years late and with problems reputed to include an interface so complex and cranky that many Garda simply don't bother reporting anything but the most major crimes.
Vandalism and robbery in some parts of Dublin is so common that many people don't bother reporting minor thefts - garden furniture, kids bikes left outside for a few minutes and the like.
Gang related drug-turf fights probably make up the majority of murders. These are getting more vicious as the gangs acquire more guns. My advice is don't choose drug dealing as a career path.
Rape crisis experts report that they're dealing with more victims than ever. But, fewer are reporting such crimes to the police. The same goes for minor burglaries which are common enough in the towns to not be worth notifying the Garda/Police.
All told there were more than 100,000 serious crimes reported in a recent year. That's a big number even if it does undercount some crimes. And 4,000 assaults causing harm is hardly cause for rejoicing.
Avoiding Being a Victim
I know from following court cases reported in my local papers that the vast majority of these assaults are, as they say here, "drink related".
Let me summarise years of newspaper reports. A bunch of drunken and often drugged up yobs pour out of the weekend discos. The lads have somehow managed to pour a dozen or so pints down their bellies - something upward of a gallon of alcohol. Result - mayhem. Often between friends, or two guys putting the eye on the same girl. Or, in another oft-used phrase "words were exchanged" and before you know it someone is lying on the pavement getting his head stomped. Literally.
That takes care of maybe 80pc of those assaults causing harm. The rest, including unprovoked and dementedly vicious attacks, are what make headlines.
So, Ireland is not a paradise without problems.
I do know, however, that I can walk safely around my little town of Dungarvan - population 8,000 - on dark streets without worry. And I also know that, like everywhere, there are certain big city areas best avoided after dark. After the pubs and clubs close late on Friday and Saturday nights, I don't hang out on the streets. The worst drunken drivers usually hit the road and each other between 3am and 6am on the weekends.
Following a few common sense rules makes, well, common sense.
Safe Spots
The safest spots in the nation, based on headline crimes per 1,000 of populace, are
Roscommon/Galway East - 8.27
Donegal - 8.4
Clare - 8.4
Mayo - 8.77
Cork West - 8.93
Cavan-Monaghan - 8.95
Donegal - 8.4
Clare - 8.4
Mayo - 8.77
Cork West - 8.93
Cavan-Monaghan - 8.95
The most dangerous spots, as would be expected, are in Dublin's inner city.
Dublin - North Central - 124.00
Dublin - South Central - 97.49
Dublin - South Central - 97.49
After this, the trouble spots in Dublin fall off hugely.
Dublin - Eastern - 23.84
Dublin - Southern - 23.80
Dublin - Western - 23.22
Dublin - Northern - 19.64
Dublin - Southern - 23.80
Dublin - Western - 23.22
Dublin - Northern - 19.64
Cork City comes next at 20.93, then Waterford/Kilkenny at 20.05. Surprisingly, considering Limerick's poor reputation as "Stab City" for a few, high profile gang feuds, Limerick scores well at 16.75. Is that because Limerick was grouped with its peaceful countryside?
The rest of the nation聽came in somewhere in the low teens, between Cork North's 10.09 and Carlow/Kildare's 18.23.
In short, don't live in central Dublin and your chances of being a victim of a "headline" crime are generally below 2% in Ireland. Leave the nightclubs 30 minutes early and your risk becomes significantly lower.
Murder, She Wrote
The public perception is that crime is spiralling out of control. Murders, fairly rare only four years ago, seem to be a regular occurence. In the spring of 1996 a highly regarded crime journalist, Veronica Guerin, was assassinated while stopped for a red light on the busiest highway in the nation.
One of the outcomes is that Irish bail laws, the most liberal on the planet, have been toughened. There's been a continuing jail building programme, and police task forces are targeting key criminals and their assets.
Hard Drugs and Crime
Drug use is spreading (where not?), but the drugs of choice remain alcohol and tobacco.
The police commissioned a report which attempted to quantify the nation's drug and crime problem. In 1997, there were about 4,000 habitual drug users supporting their habit by crime. These men (85% male) live mostly in Dublin and tend to be heroin addicts. The vast majority resorted to non-violent crimes - burglary and theft. This group of repeat offenders is apparently responsible for an entirely disproportionate share of such crime - about two thirds of such crimes, it has been reported.
Anecdotal evidence suggests that heroin use since 1997 has spread outside its inner city Dublin stronghold. Small towns in the midlands and some inner city areas in other large towns have seen some growth in use. But, it is not yet an epidemic.
Cocaine was totally missing from the Irish scene until the early years of the new millennium. In 2007, scientists examined sewer systems for residues of cocaine and concluded that the capital city consumed upwards of a ton of coke annually. Mercifully, crack is unheard of.
The hard drug users are generally early school leavers, living in housing estates where unemployment is the norm, and they are young - under 25, for the most part. An amazing 50% of Ireland's AIDS cases result from shared needles used for injecting drugs. In contrast, Britain reports that only 6% of their AIDS cases are related to drug-injecting.
Crime Nation: How safe is your area? Several rural counties have seen abnormal and unexplained spikes for certain offences, an analysis of crime statistics for 2013 reveals.
The figures show Co Kerry has a significant problem with drunk and disorderly behaviour, while Co Waterford has a much higher rate of rape and sexual offences than other counties.
They also show homeowners are more likely to be burgled in Co Louth, while you are more likely to be the victim of a violent assault in Co Donegal.
Similarly, drink driving is a bigger problem in Co Monaghan than elsewhere.
A breakdown of more than a quarter a million criminal offences recorded in Ireland last year show that one person in every 20 was affected by a crime.
People who wants to move in Cork
Positives and Negitives of living in cork city
A: Hey , I am an american looking to move into Ireland to vist family , and get out of this god forsaken country. Just wondering what some of the high points and the low points of living in cork are. As in how is finding work , a place to stay , crime rate , general nonsence , nightlife. Just looking for some info.
B: Work - Not great really, but if you will Work McD's or something you should be OK.
Accomodation - It's a renters Market.
Crime - It's actually a fairly quiet city, there is crime and such, but it isn't that high really.
Nightlife - Good but gets a bit stale after a while, people go out to drink, not dance or whatever.
Nonsense - It's a learning curve with Cork women, in fact with Irish women, they may not be open to your ways of chatting them up (Unless you are female, in which case I dunno.
Overall, it is good, but not great I think. Depends what you are looking for TBH.
Accomodation - It's a renters Market.
Crime - It's actually a fairly quiet city, there is crime and such, but it isn't that high really.
Nightlife - Good but gets a bit stale after a while, people go out to drink, not dance or whatever.
Nonsense - It's a learning curve with Cork women, in fact with Irish women, they may not be open to your ways of chatting them up (Unless you are female, in which case I dunno.
Overall, it is good, but not great I think. Depends what you are looking for TBH.
C: I'm also an outsider in Cork, and i couldn't recommend it highly enough. From a social scene there is much to do in terms of nightlife (great pubs especially where you'll meet people from all over). I love places like the Bierhaus, Franciscan Well brewery pub and others like the Roundy and Mutton Lane. They have such a good vibe to them. The arts scene is thriving so if you're into your plays/ dramas/gigs then places like the Triskell Arts centre, the Opera House, Crane Lane , Cypress Avenue or City Limits, you will love. For a relatively small city there is a very good selection of venues to visit. The English Market for fresh food cant be beaten. The city centre has been largely revamped since the early part of the decade and with new developments like Opera Lane it now truly is a shoppers paradise. The weather is awful but you'll get used to it. There are many nice areas to live in the city and rents have fallen big time! You're also between 30 and 60 mins drive from such beauty spots as Kinsale, Clonakilty and all those nice beaches further down the coast. The locals are lovely and are by their nature a mostly positive crowd. Yes there's crime but like anywhere else its mostly limited to a few areas on the outskirts of the city. Certainly the city centre area is a reasonably safe place. Jobs are out there, they are hard to find though but i know of companies where i work in blackpool that are actively still recruiting people.
So yes, come and live here by all means, even if its only a short term thing for a few years, it will be a positive experience i have no doubt
So yes, come and live here by all means, even if its only a short term thing for a few years, it will be a positive experience i have no doubt
So, what are the safest counties, where are you most likely to get burgled and which Irish city has the highest homicide rates?
The Irish Examiner have completed a breakdown of the country's official crime statistics and compiled a national crime league table with the results.
It shows that Roscommon and Longford are the safest places to live in Ireland while Mayo is the region with the lowest crime rate.
Dublin is the country's crime capital with a well-above-average number of offences per capita. It has the highest rates for robberies, theft, drug and fraud offences.
Limerick has the highest crime levels for sex offences and criminal damage to property, while Waterford has the worst crime rate for assaults, weapons and explosives offences.
Cork is the city with the lowest crime rates, but the highest homicide rate.
Kerry recorded the highest incidence of public order offences while the Cavan/Monaghan area has the highest rate of drink-driving offences.
Louth has the most burglaries on a per capita basis and Clare has the highest rate for road traffic offences.
Donegal has the lowest numbers of both theft and weapons offences.
Cork's city centre has lower crime levels than other cities but, despite any major gang activity in the city cente, it has the highest homicide rate with 42 murders in the past five years.
Overall crime rates are down nationally but one in every 18 people was a victim of crime last year.
New Crime Map Is 'Unfair' To Gurranabraher
Statistics showing that Gurranabraher had one of the highest crime rates in Cork city last year have been branded “unfair”. Ireland’s first crime mapping interface, airo.ie, highlighted that last year, Gurranabraher Garda Station had the highest reported cases in attempted murder, assault and harassment; burglary; controlled drug offences; weapons and explosive offences and damage to property.
However, coordinator of Gurranabraher Community Development Project, Ann Long said that it was “unfair” for the northside suburb to be targeted, with Gurranabraher Garda Station covering a wide region. “I’m just shocked,” she said. “It’s not fair for the region and the people of Gurranabraher and Churchfield to have such high crime rates attached to their name out in a public arena. Gurranabraher Garda Station reaches out towards Ballincollig so it is unfair for it to be grouped together,” said Ms Long.
She added that the newly launched All-Ireland Research Observatory (AIRO) Crime Mapping Toolkit, which collaborated data sourced through the CSO and An Garda Síochána would have a “very negative” effect on the region. “Our job here in the Community Development Project is to work with the individuals and groups of Gurranabraher in promoting the area,” she said.
The site, which went online during the week, also highlighted an increase in criminal activity in the county. In cases focusing on the first quarter of this year, the total attempts to murder, assault and harass stood at 216 cases in Cork city, one of the highest in the country, while cases in Cork North stood at 81 and Cork West 84. It also indicated that there was one homicide apiece in Cork city, Cork North and Cork West.
Theft in the city stood at 1068 while 302 incidents took place in Cork North and 247 in Cork West. Burglary related offences totaled 217 in Cork city, 83 in Cork North and 72 in Cork West while fraud in Cork city saw 57 reported cases, 40 in Cork North and 13 in Cork West. With damage to property and the environment, Cork city stood at 599 offences, Cork North 175 and Cork West 132.
In sexual offences, Cork city had 19 reported cases while Cork North recorded nine and Cork West eight. Controlled drug offices saw Cork city account for 265 cases, Cork North 142 and Cork West 86 while weapons and explosives accounted for 49 cases in Cork city, 10 in Cork North and nine in Cork West.
The regions were then broken down to 18 Garda stations in Cork city, 26 in Cork North and 43 in Cork West.
Attempts to murder, assault and harass:
Highest: Gurranabraher 162
Lowest: Rathduff, Grenagh 2
Robbery, extortion and highjacking:
Highest: MacCurtain Street 25
Lowest: Passage West and Rathduff 0
Burglary:
Highest: Gurranabraher 110
Lowest: Rathduff 10
Theft and related offences:
Highest: Anglesea Street 1166
Lowest: Rathduff 17
Fraud:
Highest: Anglesea Street 35
Lowest: Rathduff 0
Controlled drug offences:
Gurranabraher 198
Lowest: Rathduff 1
Weapons and explosive offences:
Highest: Gurranabraher 63
Lowest: Crosshaven and Rathduff 0
Damage to property:
Highest: Gurranabraher 474
Lowest: Rathduff 5
Public order offences:
Highest: Anglesea Street 1181
Lowest: Rathduff, Grenagh 9
