COUNTY CRIME FIGURES HALVE

Date Published: 18-Feb-2011

At least one home or business in the county has been burgled on average every day so far this year.

Statistics released by An Garda Síochána for the division, which excludes the city and most of Salthill, reveal 54 incidents of burglary in the first 6 weeks of 2011.

However this is a drop of 24 percent on the same time last year.

Overall, the crime figures for the county reveal that crime is down fifty percent so far this year compared to the same time last year.