This morning.
After a 12-month suspension due to quality issues in regards to PULSE data from An Garda Siochana, the Central Statistics Office resumed releasing its recorded crime statistics.
However, the new figures have been released under the proviso ‘Under Reservation’ because PULSE data is subject to several ongoing reviews and doesn’t meet the CSO’s standards for accuracy.
The revised homicide figures show between 2003 and 2016, there were three deaths wrongly categorised as murder, 196 road deaths which should have been classified as dangerous driving deaths and 41 deaths which should have been recorded as manslaughter.
The CSO also released its recorded crime figures for 2017 – also under the ‘Under Reservation’ tab…
