Property crime in Kerry drops by 16 percent in second quarter
Central Statistics Office figures show property crime incidents in County Kerry fell during the second quarter of 2026 compared to the previous year.
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Property crime in County Kerry dropped by 16 percent between April and June 2026 compared to the same period in 2025, Radio Kerry reported. Almost 600 incidents of property crime were recorded in the county during the second quarter, according to data from the Central Statistics Office. [1]
Specific categories of crime saw significant decreases across the county. Radio Kerry reported that incidents of shop theft fell by 30 percent, dropping to 134 offences compared to 186 in the same quarter of the previous year. [1]
Non-aggravated burglaries fell by 25 percent, moving from 40 incidents to 30, Radio Kerry said. Aggravated burglaries also dropped from three to two. Overall, theft and related offences totalled 259 recorded incidents between April and the end of June, which represents a 13 percent decline from the 299 offences recorded in the second quarter of last year. [1]
The latest crime statistics follow previous reporting on county economic trends. As FTMQ News reported earlier, County Kerry recorded only one home buyer using the government First Home Scheme during the third quarter. [6]
In short
- Property crime in Kerry fell by 16 percent between April and June 2026.
- Shop theft incidents dropped from 186 to 134 compared to the same period last year.
- Non-aggravated burglaries decreased from 40 to 30 incidents.
Sources
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- [1]16% drop in property crime recorded in Kerry between April and Juneradiokerry.ie (the report this story comes from)
Background
- [2]April on Wikipedia
- [3]Crime in the United States on Wikipedia
- [4]June on Grokipedia
- [5]Kerry Airport announces direct summer flights from Groningen in the Netherlands FTMQ News, 5d ago
- [6]Only one buyer in Kerry uses First Home Scheme in third quarter FTMQ News, 8d ago
Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 6 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.
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