Louth sees significant fall in fraud related offences
Central Statistics Office
There was a significant fall in the number of fraud, deception and related offences recorded in the Louth Garda Division in 2022, according to figures released today by the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
According to the CSO release, Recorded Crime Q4 2022, which are published as Statistics Under Reservation, 315 fraud, deception and related offences were recorded in Louth last year, down from 478 in 2021 and representing a fall of 34%.
The second half of 2022 saw 133 incidents of the offence recorded in Louth, in the final quarter in 2021 alone, 135 incidents of the offence were recorded in Louth.
Each garda station in Louth saw a fall in the number of incidents recorded. 118 incidents were recorded in Dundalk, down from 168 in 2021, while Ardee saw 25 incidents recorded, down from 37 in 2021.
Dunleer saw eight incidents recorded, down from 22 in 2021, and Drogheda saw 124 incidents recorded, down from 180 in 2021.
The fall in the number of fraud, deception and related offences reflects a national trend last year. Nationally, fraud crime in 2022 fell by 32% or 5,461 incidents from 2021 levels.
The statistics published by the are categorised as Under Reservation. This categorisation indicates that the quality of these statistics do not meet the standards required of official statistics published by the CSO. The CSO says that the statistics Under Reservation categorisation will remain in place until such time as the CSO is satisfied that the level of accuracy and completeness of the underlying data is of sufficient quality.