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Reduction in number of local residential burglaries

Oct 1, 2025 10:29
By Shannonside News
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Reduction in number of local residential burglaries

Nationally, burglaries dropped by 15.5% compared with last summer, and by 25% since 2022.

Residential burglaries in the north western Garda region fell to fewer than two per day during summer 2025, as part of Operation Thor's latest phase.

Nationally, burglaries dropped by 15.5% compared with last summer, and by 25% since 2022.

Just 315 incidents were recorded in the north west between April and September, one of the lowest levels in the country.

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Gardaí made over 900 burglary-related arrests nationwide in the same period.

The winter phase of Operation Thor begins today, targeting organised crime groups during the darker months.

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