Photo: William Murphy · CC BY-SA 3.0Per resident, East Wall records more crime than almost every Irish town
The rate the grade counts climbed 54% from 2016 to 2025. Its Safety Grade is D−, on incidents the Gardaí recorded in the station areas where East Wall’s residents live from 2023 to 2025: #109 of 116 in Co. Dublin. The typical town its size sees 0.5 cases of weapons and explosives per 1,000 residents; East Wall sees 7, or 111 a year on average from 2023 to 2025.
Incidents per 1,000 residents (Census 2022) a year, 2023–2025 average, in the Garda station areas residents live in. Homicide and sexual offences aren’t published by station, so no figure here includes them.
What stands out about safety in East Wall
A centre, counted per resident
Crime here is counted against the people who live here, but much of it involves people who come in to work, shop or go out, so the rate per resident runs higher than residents’ own risk. How to read it ↓
Weapons and explosives: high for a town its size
East Wall records 7 incidents of weapons and explosives per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.5 in the typical town among Irish towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
More recorded than in 2016
The Gardaí recorded 43.3 incidents of violence, burglary and damage per 1,000 of East Wall’s residents in 2016 and 66.8 in 2025. Across Ireland the rate went from 12 to 11.6. Year by year ↓
Above the Irish rate
The station areas East Wall’s residents live in record 66.3 incidents of violence, burglary and damage per 1,000 residents a year (2023–2025), against 11.9 across Ireland: 5.6 times the national rate. Safety Grade ↓
Written from CSO’s recorded crime by Garda station (CJA11) and Census 2022. Figures are incidents the Gardaí recorded, not convictions.
What sits behind East Wall’s D−
How sure: The rate comes from Garda station areas, shared out by where residents live, not from crime inside the town’s own boundary.
The grade counts assaults and harassment, kidnapping, robbery, weapons offences, burglary and damage per resident, averaged over three years, and places the town among every Irish town and city neighbourhood of 1,000 people or more (the five city totals aren’t in it).
Its place: #109 of 116 in Co. Dublin and #313 of 320 Irish towns.
Violent crime, burglary and damage the Gardaí recorded per resident, 2023–2025, against Irish towns of 1,000 people or more.
East Wall, year by year
Violent · per 1,000 residents
Burglary & damage · per 1,000 residents
Its highest year was 2024, at 67.9 per 1,000 residents, and its lowest 2016, at 43.3. Across Ireland the same rate went from 12 in 2016 to 11.6 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Violent | Burglary & damage | Graded | Ireland | All recorded crime |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40.2 | 26.6 | 66.8 | 11.6 | 399.3 |
| 2024 | 41.3 | 26.7 | 67.9 | 12.1 | 393.1 |
| 2023 | 34.5 | 29.7 | 64.2 | 11.9 | 360.9 |
| 2022 | 30.4 | 24.9 | 55.3 | 11.6 | 333.9 |
| 2021 | 27.2 | 20.4 | 47.6 | 10.2 | 302.2 |
| 2020 | 24.2 | 20.7 | 44.8 | 10.6 | 297.8 |
| 2019 | 26.8 | 20.3 | 47.2 | 12.8 | 363.9 |
| 2018 | 26.2 | 21.5 | 47.8 | 12.4 | 364.7 |
| 2017 | 23 | 23.8 | 46.9 | 12.8 | 382 |
| 2016 | 21.5 | 21.9 | 43.3 | 12 | 351.9 |
CSO CJA11, recorded crime incidents by Garda station, 2016–2025, shared to the town by where its residents live. Every year is divided by the residents counted in 2022, so the line moves with recorded crime, not with population. CSO publishes recorded crime “under reservation”, its flag on the quality of Garda recording.
Violence, burglary and damage the Gardaí recorded each year in the station areas where East Wall’s residents live, per 1,000 residents, against Ireland as a whole.
What was recorded, by type
Against the typical town its size, East Wall runs highest on weapons and explosives (7 per 1,000 against 0.5), public order offences (71.1 per 1,000 against 5.2) and theft (162.8 per 1,000 against 17).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theft | not graded | 162.8 | 17 |
| Public order offences | not graded | 71.1 | 5.2 |
| Road and traffic offences | not graded | 32.7 | 9.1 |
| Drug offences | not graded | 29.7 | 3 |
| Assaults and harassment | Violent | 26.9 | 4.6 |
| Damage to property | Burglary & damage | 19.9 | 4.7 |
| Dangerous or negligent acts | not graded | 17.4 | 4.6 |
| Burglary | Burglary & damage | 7.7 | 1.9 |
| Weapons and explosives | Violent | 7 | 0.5 |
| Robbery, extortion and hijacking | Violent | 4.7 | 0.5 |
| Offences against justice | not graded | 2.5 | 1.8 |
| Other offences | not graded | 2.1 | 0.3 |
| Kidnapping | Violent | 0.1 | 0 |
The groups are CSO’s. Dangerous or negligent acts, drug offences, road and traffic offences and offences against justice count Garda checks more than victims; they, theft, public order and other offences are shown but not graded. Homicide and sexual offences aren’t published by station; fraud is left out.
Per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among Irish towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
40th of 40: East Wall among towns its size
| # | Town | People | Violent | Burglary & damage | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Knocknacarra Galway | 18,398 | 2.6 | 2.5 | A |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Rathfarnham Dublin | 17,508 | 2.6 | 4.2 | A− |
| 6 | Knocklyon Dublin | 13,854 | 2.6 | 4.2 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 8 | Stillorgan Dublin | 18,212 | 2.9 | 4.4 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 11 | Cabinteely Dublin | 15,864 | 3.3 | 4.7 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 37 | Deansrath Dublin | 13,743 | 9.6 | 10.5 | D |
| 38 | Castletroy Limerick | 15,093 | 10.3 | 12.1 | D |
| 39 | Cabra East Dublin | 13,895 | 17.5 | 14.3 | D− |
| 40 | East Wall Dublin | 15,907 | 38.7 | 27.6 | D− |
The 40 Irish towns and city neighbourhoods of 2,500+ people closest in population; the city totals are left out. Graded crime: violent crime, burglary and damage.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, 2023 to 2025, counting from the least: towns ranked near East Wall, and others in Co. Dublin.
Roughly 39 recorded violent incidents a year per 1,000 people
Violence per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025
Burglary & damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 28 burglaries or acts of criminal damage, plus 163 thefts, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded incident.
Crime in the places around East Wall
| Town | People | Violent | Burglary & damage | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Wall | 15,907 | 38.7 | 27.6 | D− |
| Grand Canal Dock | 8,320 | 43.1 | 32.1 | D− |
| Ballybough | 8,188 | 11.9 | 14.8 | D− |
| St Stephen's Green | 5,319 | 53.3 | 38.7 | D− |
| Summerhill | 11,911 | 24 | 20.6 | D− |
| Parnell Square | 10,117 | 20.4 | 18.8 | D− |
| O'Connell Street | 6,749 | 40.7 | 28.6 | D− |
East Wall records more graded crime per resident than 3 of its 6 neighbours. Ballybough, 1.3 km away, records 11.9 recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against East Wall’s 38.7.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three-year average. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Station areas, not the town’s boundary. Crime is published by Garda station. Each station’s incidents are divided by the people living in its area (Census 2022), and East Wall takes the rates of the areas its residents live in, weighted by how many live in each.
- Checks are shown, not graded. Road traffic, dangerous driving, drug and justice offences mostly record Garda activity: one rural station can book thousands of camera detections. The grade leaves them out, with theft and public order, and counts violence, burglary and damage.
- Each year, and one average. CSO publishes crime by station once a year. The chart follows every year since 2016; the grade averages 2023, 2024 and 2025, because a small station area’s count swings from year to year. There are no months.
- No streets. No street- or ward-level crime is published in Ireland: the finest grain is the Garda station area.
Questions about safety in East Wall
Is East Wall safe?
The Gardaí recorded about 38.7 violent incidents and 27.6 burglaries or acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year in the station areas East Wall’s residents live in, averaged over 2023–2025. That earns a D− for safety: more crime per resident than 99% of Irish towns.
What is the most common crime in East Wall?
Theft: about 2,590 a year (2023–2025 average). Next came public order offences (1,130) and road and traffic offences (520).
Is crime going up in East Wall?
The recorded rate in the graded categories rose 54% from 2016 to 2025: 43.3 per 1,000 residents in 2016, 66.8 in 2025. The grade uses the three-year average, so one unusual year moves it less.
How does East Wall compare with Ireland as a whole?
The station areas East Wall’s residents live in record 66.3 incidents of violence, burglary and damage per 1,000 residents a year (2023–2025). Across Ireland the figure is 11.9.
Is East Wall safer than the towns around it?
3 of the 6 neighbouring towns with figures record less violence, burglary and damage per resident than East Wall (66.3 per 1,000 a year). The lowest is Ballybough, at 26.7.
How sure is East Wall’s Safety Grade?
The rate comes from Garda station areas, shared out by where residents live, not from crime inside the town’s own boundary.
Source: CSO, Recorded crime incidents by Garda station (CJA11), 2023–2025, and Census 2022 (CC BY 4.0); TownRatings calculation.
Sources: CSO, Recorded crime incidents by Garda station (CJA11), 2023–2025 · CSO, Census 2022 Small Areas and the 2011 Garda sub-districts · Safety Grade: TownRatings calculation. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).