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A Significant Number Of Kildare Gardai Have Been Assaulted This Year.

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The figures have been released by the Dept. of Justice.

More Gardai in Kildare have been assaulted on duty so far this year than during 3 of the last 6 years.

The data has been released by the Dept. of Justice.

It shows 19 Gardai have been attacked in the county between January and October 3rd.

In contrast, there were 10 assaults on members in this Division in 2016, and 14 the following year.

17 assaults on Gardai were committed in 2019.

There were 26 reported assaults on Kildare Gardai in 2020.

Garda Division 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021*
Cavan/Monaghan 28 20 38 29 34 30 21
Clare 16 18 11 10 ** 14 11
Cork City 67 41 45 40 36 53 33
Cork North 30 34 38 22 44 34 27
Cork West 13 11 14 12 36 23 10
DMR Eastern 15 13 13 13 12 26 10
DMR North Central 35 28 34 53 65 86 29
DMR Northern 62 40 25 51 58 67 34
DMR South Central 31 22 27 30 52 73 43
DMR Southern 30 29 29 39 35 64 27
DMR Western 53 43 61 43 57 58 32
Donegal 19 32 37 33 32 47 35
Galway 25 20 32 34 32 65 24
Kerry 29 22 28 36 39 30 10
Kildare 26 10 14 20 17 26 19
Kilkenny/Carlow 33 38 12 18 32 27 22
Laois/Offaly 31 29 17 22 40 49 35
Limerick 32 24 18 25 23 28 14
Louth 26 40 23 38 33 42 29
Mayo 13 26 16 11 24 18 22
Meath 25 10 21 19 31 26 13
Roscommon/Longford 22 10 18 11 29 26 **
Sligo/Leitrim 15 13 15 15 25 26 16
Tipperary 47 40 60 64 32 30 32
Waterford 34 44 38 37 32 49 16
Westmeath 17 23 11 20 31 26 13
Wexford 13 17 24 11 21 29 14
Wicklow 30 ** 16 ** 19 24 17

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