IE · 2017 · tps00146
Death due to homicide, assault, by sex
Ireland, 2017
In 2017, Ireland's death due to homicide, assault, by sex decreased by 30.8% compared to 2016, reaching 0.72.
Ireland accounts for 52.9% of the EU-27 total of 1.36.
Ireland ranks 26th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 58.6% (from 1.74 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00146, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.