Louth sees large fall in Controlled Drug Offences
Recorded Crime Q1 2023
The Louth Garda Division has seen a large fall in the number of controlled drug offences recorded according to the latest figures released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) last week.
According to the CSO release, Recorded Crime Q1 2023, the number of controlled drug offences recorded in Louth in the year to the end of the first quarter of 2023 was 487, down from 740 the year previous and representing a fall of 34.2%.
The number of possession of drugs for personal use offences recorded in Louth, fell from 539 in the year to Q1 2022 to 350 in the year to Q1 2022, representing a fall of 35%.
Possession of drugs for sale or supply offences also fell, with 116 offences recorded in the Louth Garda Division up to the end of Q1 2023, compared to 165 up to the end of Q1 2022, representing a fall of 29.7%.
There was also an annual fall of 45.8% in the number of other drug offences recorded in Louth, with 13 recorded in the year to the end of Q1 2023, compared to 24 a year earlier.
Recorded crime statistics continue to be categorised as Statistics Under Reservation by the CSO. This categorisation indicates that the quality of these statistics do not meet the standards required of official statistics published by the CSO.