Calls from Clare made up just one percent of the total received by the national Crime Victims Helpline last year.
But despite this, there was a 40 percent jump overall in the number of times people made contact with the helpline.
They say the received 4,100 contacts from people seeking support and information in 2016 – with 1,720 of these times on their free phone number.
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Men made up 4 in 10 of the callers, while assault, harassment and burglary were the most common crimes.
The Crime Victims Helpline can be contacted on 116 006.
