Gardai Record 45% Rise In Domestic Abuse Calls

Meath/Westmeath recorded around 12.7 calls per 1,000 people.

Domestic abuse calls to gardaí are up 45% in the last four years according to the Irish Independent.

In 2020, Gardaí received 44,000 calls which include breaches of protection and barring orders, and assaults with a domestic motive.

Last year the figure was 65,000.

Over the course of 2024 the Meath/Westmeath Division saw 12.7 calls per 1,000 people.

The figure was 10.6 in Laois/Offaly.

The Dublin garda divisions saw the highest number of instances of domestic abuse calls with the Dublin Metropolitan Region North Central getting 21.6 calls per 1,000.

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