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28 Nov 2025

Donegal performs well in reoffending crime statistics released by CSO

53% of crimes in Donegal in 2024 were of a reoffending incident

Donegal performs well in reoffending crime statistics released by CSO

Reoffending Crime Statistics were released by CSO

Statistics released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) reveal that Donegal has one of the lowest reoffending crime rates nationwide in 2024.

CSO data shows that 53% of crimes in Donegal were of a reoffending incident, with only Wicklow, Galway, Mayo, and Tipperary at 44% having a better rate of reoffending crimes.

The state average was at 61%, with Dublin Metropolitan Region North Central having the highest percentage of reoffending crimes, at 78%, followed by Dublin Metropolitan Region South Central

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For the total amount of reoffending incidents occurring, Donegal had the seventh lowest amount with 2,159 incidents in 2024. Cork West had the fewest total of reoffending incidents in 2024, with 1,175, followed by Mayo, Sligo/Leitrim, Clare, Roscommon/Longford and Wicklow.

Similar to reoffending percentages, Dublin Metropolitan Region North Centra topped the list of most reoffending incidents, at 13,258, with 102,258 incidents taken into account throughout the whole state.

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