North Western region has lowest reported burglaries
Nationally for the whole of 2024, the number of burglaries was 9,744.
New data has revealed that the Garda North Western region had the lowest reported burglaries for both 2024 and 2025 so far.
New research by Cork-based Sky Windows has found that there were 52,442 ‘burglary and related offences’ recorded across Ireland between Q1, 2020 and Q2, 2025. The findings also reveal that there have been 9,103 burglaries recorded so far this year, as Ireland enters the most common period for break-ins, that of October to March.
There have been 9,103 reported burglaries between January 1st and September 1st, 2025. For the whole of 2024, the number of burglaries was 9,744.
The Garda North Western region had the lowest reported burglaries for both 2024 and 2025 so far, with 1,658 and 1,347 respectively. The Dublin Metropolitan region saw the most offences reported each year, with 3,768 in 2024 and 3,892 in 2025.
An Garda Síochána reported that there were just over 3,000 residential burglaries reported in the 2024/25 winter phase. This figure stood at a staggering 12,000 in the 2014/15 winter phase.
The Garda ‘Lock Up, Light Up’ initiative found that front doors are the most common point of entry in 29% of burglaries, with burglars using bodily force to break in. 26% of burglars came in through the back door, while 32% came in through windows.
The initiative also found that 46% of winter burglaries occur between 5pm and 11pm.
When asked about the figures, Robert Kennedy, founder of Sky Windows said, “What the winter statistics show is that, given we still have Halloween and Christmas to get through, homeowners need to remain vigilant and ensure they’re doing what they can to deter intruders.”
To compile their research, Sky Windows used freely available information from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) Recorded Crime Q4 2024 and Recorded Crime Q2 2025 reports, PhoneWatch, Garda.ie and Zurich Ireland. Included by the CSO among ‘Burglary and related offences’ are ‘Possession of an article (with intent to burgle, steal, demand)’, ‘Burglary (not aggravated)’ and ‘Aggravated burglary’.
