22 PERCENT INCREASE IN CITY BURGLARIES

Date Published: 11-May-2009

City burglaries have increased by 22 percent, compared to the same period last year.The statistics, which were released today at a meeting of the Galway city joint policing committee, compare crime figures in the city for the first three months of this year to the same period last year.While the crime figures for the city show an overall decrease of 5 point six percent, the figures also show that theft of mechanical power vehicles has increased by 43 percent, while theft from the person increased by 37 percent.Theft from shops in the city has also risen by one percent.