A Kildare Garda station has the worst detection rate of crime in the country

A map published by An Garda Síochána which shows the detection rate among Garda stations around the country has shown that some Kildare Garda stations compare very unfavourably against other stations in different counties.

The map, which highlights the efficiency of Garda detection in 96 different stations around the state, shows that the Leixlip Garda Station has the worst rate of crime detection, with just 14% of burglaries, robberies and theft being detected.

To classify a crime as 'detected', criminal proceedings must be brought against at least one offender involved in the crime.

Leixlip is not the only station in the report that comes off poorly, with Naas and Kildare Town showing quite low detection rates of around 20% in 2015.

Kildare has the smallest amount of Gardai per person in the country however, and Independent TD for Kildare, Catherine Murphy, says that while it is disappointing to see such figures, the manpower isn't there to solve every crime.

“The annual policing plan published by An Garda Síochána is a work of fiction as it does not take into account demographic changes by putting more gardaí into areas where there have been large increases in population like Kildare,” she said.

Many stations around the country have a detection rate of over 50%, with Angelesa Street Garda Station in Cork having the highest rate of 56%.