| Level of crime | 55.15 | Moderate | |
| Crime increasing in the past 3 years | 68.76 | High | |
| Worries home broken and things stolen | 47.56 | Moderate | |
| Worries being mugged or robbed | 45.30 | Moderate | |
| Worries car stolen | 36.81 | Low | |
| Worries things from car stolen | 47.61 | Moderate | |
| Worries attacked | 47.41 | Moderate | |
| Worries being insulted | 49.50 | Moderate | |
| Worries being subject to a physical attack because of your skin color, ethnic origin, gender or religion | 28.61 | Low | |
| Problem people using or dealing drugs | 71.25 | High | |
| Problem property crimes such as vandalism and theft | 57.72 | Moderate | |
| Problem violent crimes such as assault and armed robbery | 47.41 | Moderate | |
| Problem corruption and bribery | 46.02 | Moderate |
| Safety walking alone during daylight | 69.95 | High | |
| Safety walking alone during night | 44.41 | Moderate |
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Last update: June 2020
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20 Comments so far
Crime is a bit different than in other countries. While in Paris, you could be mugged and scammed. In dublin, people can harrass you verbally, physically and racially, just because you stand out and they are bored. They won't kill you but it is very frequent. This harassment happens on every age level from kids to adults and seems to be a part of irish culture.
Coupled with bad public infrastructure and level of public services. The police, Gardai is quite helpless dealing with this frequient but low level crime. They won't arrest scumbags, because it won't be any help.
To help you make further research on the subject. Google with terms: busses + antisocial behaviour or Reddit and youtube: dublin knackers and scumbags.
I am writing this as an international student, having lived in five different countries around Europe: Finland, Sweden, Spain, France and Ireland.
You're all absolutely right, yes, some people told me they feel safe living in Dublin as an expat but on the other hand, I have tried to do a deeper research by reading the irish news about crime in Dublin and I have seen too many articles related to crime within a month, including murders, robberies, violence, etc. That's not normal for a not too large European city. It's sad because I wanted to move there to improve my English but after seeing this... Nope, I'm probably staying in my own country where I already feel safe. I hope the situation will get well soon over there because it's a beautiful city.
https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/crime/
https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/crime/italian-man-considering-leaving-ireland-21037395
O'Connell street is so dangerous at night and what did the Garda do? They closed down the station on O'Connell and the place is littered with knackers and scumbags. Not pleasant to go into town any more as of 5 years now at least.
Would not recommend and on the contrary, stay away unless you want to be mugged and beaten up by a bunch of 15 year olds who are just going to get a slap on the wrist later in court since 'they're minors' and all that bollocks.
For tourists checking this site, please be aware the nonsense written below and be aware of crime, muggings, robberies, knackers looking for trouble, fistfights about nothing etc etc. City center at day is pretty OK, at night its quite a different story, twenty 15-year olds beat the crap out of you for a cigarette. Take care of yourself since the Garda is overstretched and underarmed
The Dublin inner city and the areas around Dublin, such as sword, blanchardstown, tallaght etc should be avoided.
Drunk teenagers in the city center causing havoc, people being punched alleatory, junkies treatening people at peak time at o connel street, mugging, break in at houses an cars, and sexual assault plus lots and lots of paedos, Dublin dont look like a european capital. would be better if people start to report the crimes.
I was walking down the street on a cold night down to the store - and a large man in a t-shirt was walking towards me. As we crossed paths he punched me in the face and then ripped my jacket off me.