New figures show that the rate of burglaries, thefts and robberies in Clare is lower than the national average.
New figures show that the rate of burglaries, thefts and robberies in Clare is lower than the national average.
The CSO statistics backup the assertion of local Gardaí that crime rates here are generally low, though motorists here are among the most likely to be caught breaking the law.
These figures for 2014 are the most recent to compare crime rates, and detection rates, in each Garda Division.
For Clare, they show the rate of Road and Traffic Offences is the highest of anywhere outside of Dublin, while the number of drugs offences recorded is the highest in Munster, outside of Cork City.
While there has been concern about spikes in burglaries and thefts in recent years, they're still occuring less often here than is trpically the case nationally.
Less than a quarter of burglaries here are detected, but this is still higher than the average for the Western Region and all of Ireland.
Clare Gardaí also had the highest rate of detections for sexual offences.