How safe is Ireland?
Officially recorded crime for every Garda division - 28 in total - with rates per 1,000 residents, on an interactive map you can zoom from the whole country down to street level.
Across all 28 Garda divisions of Ireland, officially recorded crime ranges from about 22.9 per 1,000 residents in Cork West Division to 274.5 in D.M.R. North Central Division - about 12 times as high. A typical Garda division sits at around 48.0 per 1,000. The two lists below show the five lowest and the five highest; the interactive map holds the full ranking, and you can zoom past the Garda division level to see how the picture changes from one area to the next.
Safest areas in Ireland
- Cork West Division - 22.9 crimes / 1,000 residents
- Meath Division - 33.2 crimes / 1,000 residents
- Roscommon/Longford Division - 34.9 crimes / 1,000 residents
- Cork North Division - 36.4 crimes / 1,000 residents
- Clare Division - 36.4 crimes / 1,000 residents
Highest recorded crime in Ireland
- D.M.R. North Central Division - 274.5 crimes / 1,000 residents
- D.M.R. South Central Division - 155.1 crimes / 1,000 residents
- D.M.R. Western Division - 75.2 crimes / 1,000 residents
- Louth Division - 62.7 crimes / 1,000 residents
- D.M.R. Southern Division - 55.7 crimes / 1,000 residents
Read the numbers honestly. Rates are per 1,000 residents, so city centres and tourist areas look worse than they feel - many visitors, few residents. Recorded crime is not the same as how safe a place feels, and recording practices differ between countries, so compare within Ireland only.
All 28 Garda divisions, including the six Dublin Metropolitan Region divisions. Whichever area you land on, the rate is counted per 1,000 residents, so you can weigh a capital city against a quiet town on the same scale - as long as both sit inside Ireland. Use the search box to jump to a place by name, or the locate button to find the Garda division you are standing in right now.
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