Incidents of theft rose by 36%
There has been a dramatic drop in the number of people falling victim to phone scams.
New stats from the CSO show they fell 41% in the first three months of the year.
Many people will have received the dreaded call or text from someone pretending to be an organisation looking for financial details.
However, new stats would suggest people have become more savvy to the efforts of such scammers.
Over 10,300 such offences were committed in the first three months of the year which is a drop of 41%.
Elsewhere, most other crime categories actually went up in the first quarter of the year.
Homicides and related offences are up significantly at 28% when compared with this time last year.
Attempted murder is up 7%, robbery and extortion is up 20% and theft rose by 36%.
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