Latest official figures show that burglaries and fraud are both on the rise.
Last year saw an almost 8% jump in the number of burglary and related cases reported to the gardaí compared with the previous year.
Over the same period there was also a significant surge in investigations launched into fraud and deception – up more than 6%, from 4,996 in 2010 to 5,311 in 2011.
But apart from a o.1% increase in thefts, there was a decrease in all other major categories of crime, the latest Central Statistics Office (CSO) report shows.
There was an almost 30% drop in the number of killings, including murder and manslaughter, down to 63 from 89 the previous year.
Attempts or threats to murder, along with assaults and harassment, dipped more than 6% while drug offences were down more than 11%.
Kidnapping offences also plunged by more than 22%, the recorded crime figures show.
