Annual Crime Survey - Crime Survey 2025 IMPORTANT: Please take a few minutes to complete this short survey Question Title * 1. Contact Details for RGDATA only. (Your name will not be disclosed without your permission). Name Shop Address Mobile Number Email Address Question Title * 2. Have you or has your business been the victim of crime over the last 12 months? Yes No Question Title * 3. If yes, what type of crime? (Tick all the boxes that apply) Shop lifting Burglary/Robbery Fraudulent activity/counterfiet goods Staff Theft Other (please specify) Question Title * 4. Have the levels of crime against Retailers become more dangerous in the last 12 months? Yes No Question Title * 5. Were weapons used in crime at your shop? Yes No If Yes, what type? Question Title * 6. Were the Gardai called? Yes No If not, why not? Question Title * 7. What was the Garda response time? 0-15 minutes Within 30 minutes Under an Hour Over an Hour Question Title * 8. Were you satisfied with the Garda reaction? Yes No If not satisfied, why? Question Title * 9. Have you been kept updated of the progress of any investigation into crime at your premises? Yes No Please give details Question Title * 10. Was your home/family threatened during a shop robbery/burglary? Yes No If yes, please give details Question Title * 11. Were the perpetrators of the crime at your shop from: the locality? outside your area? Question Title * 12. Was the perpetrator prosecuted and convicted? Yes No Question Title * 13. If convicted, was a sentence imposed? Yes No If Yes, how long?If No, please explain why not? Question Title * 14. Do you feel more vulnerable in your shop in the last two years, than in the past? Yes No Question Title * 15. What measures do you think would assist in reducing the level of crime against Retailers? Question Title * 16. Do you wish to make any more comments about crime against Retailers? Question Title * 17. Did you make an insurance claim following the crime and if so was your claim dealt with to your satisfaction? Very satisfied Satisfied Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied Dissatisfied Very dissatisfied Other (please specify) Question Title * 18. Have you invested in additional security measures over the last 12 months? If so please indicate which type of measures? CCTV? Security personnel? External shutters? Alarm upgrades? Security tags on high value items? Other (please specify) None of the above Question Title * 19. The Central Statistics Office has recently reported an increase in the level of crime against retailers over the last year with 6 out of every 10 crimes a theft from a shop. Have you experienced an increase in the level of criminality in your business in the past 12 months? Yes No Question Title * 20. The new Government has promised new measures to address retail crime. Rank the following measures in order of their importance to addressing crime in your business (from 1 to 6 with the most important at 1 and least important at 6) 1 2 3 4 5 6 a. The creation of a new offence concerning violence against a shop worker. 1 2 3 4 5 6 b. Mandatory exclusion/barring orders for people convicted of retail crime 1 2 3 4 5 6 c. Use of organised crime and proceeds of crime legislation to tackle retail crime 1 2 3 4 5 6 d. New grant scheme for anti-theft and prevention measures 1 2 3 4 5 6 e. Improve data sharing between retailers and Gardai 1 2 3 4 5 6 f. Increase the use of community sanctions for retail crime Question Title * 21. Would you agree with the following statement;“ Retailers are afraid to protect their businesses for fear of being assaulted or sued if they challenge someone who is committing a crime in their business” Yes No Question Title * 22. Would you agree with the following statement:“ It is great that the new Government is promising new laws to tackle retail crime, but the real key to tackling the epidemic of retail crime in Ireland is to ensure that there is consistent and effective enforcement of existing and new laws, with real sanctions for criminals and protections for retailers and their staff.” Yes No Done
