Burglaries and thefts in Kerry dropped by 26% in the first quarter of the year.
There were 196 incidents of property crime in the county during the first three months of the year, compared to 266 in the same period last year.
That's according to figures released by Chief Superintendent of the Kerry Garda Division, Eileen Foster, at the recent Joint Policing Committee meeting.
Chief Superintendent Foster gave a breakdown of the different kinds of property crime in the county.
The biggest drop was in non-aggravated burglaries, which fell by 77% in the first quarter of the year, compared to the same period in 2020.
Chief Superintendent Foster said this was largely down to the amount of time people spent at home for the first three months of this year.
Thefts from vehicles dropped by 53%, from 30 incidents in Q1 2020 to 14 in 2021.
While there were fewer than 10 unauthorised taking of vehicles in the county in the first three months of this year.
Thefts from shops fell 2% during the first quarter of the year, while theft of other property dropped 24%.
