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Households classified by whether they experienced crime

  1998 2003 2006
All Households
1,242,800
1,394,300
1,513,800
       
Victims of any crime1'2
150,300
162,700
171,400
       
Households burgled
42,600
47,000
48,700
% of which      
Burgled once
83.3
84.4
85.4
Someone was at home
46.9
53.8
51.4
Reported to Gardaí
77.1
69.4
70.1
       
Households vandalised
59,700
67,400
72,800
% of which      
Vandalised once
66.3
66.8
69.2
Reported to Gardaí
39.7
39.0
42.9
       
Number of households that own a vehicle3
917,700
1,090,700
1,202,900
       
Households that had a motor vehicle stolen4
14,500
12,700
10,600
% of which      
Occurred once
89.6
91.4
91.7
Car stolen
93.3
88.1
87.3
Vehicle recovered
70.1
66.6
56.4
Reported to Gardaí
94.8
90.6
92.2
       
Households that own a motor vehicle that had items stolen from the vehicle4
36,600
37,800
40,300
% of which      
Occurred once
79.8
83.1
85.1
Reported to Gardaí
58.7
60.1
58.1
       
Households that own a bicycle5
561,000
538,700
579,700
       
Households that had a bicycle stolen
16,800
19,600
20,300
% of which      
Reported to Gardaí
58.1
49.4
40.8
1 Any crime refers to burglary, motor vehicle crime, theft of bicycles or vandalism
2 A household could experience more than one crime hence the figure will not necessarily equal the sum of all crimes
3 Own a vehicle refers to one or more vehicles
4 Motor vehicle refers to cars, vans, trucks, farm vehicles, motorcycles or mopeds
5 Own a bicycle refers to one or more bicycles

 

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