Clontarf overall remains what its reputation suggests: an affluent, seaside residential area, and no evidence emerged of a broad or worsening crime problem across Clontarf, Marino, Fairview or Killester. Daytime life along the seafront, village and park areas shows no documented safety pattern in local press. However, a small number of specific, dated incidents point to some caution after dark or in the early hours. In September 2026, a woman in her twenties was robbed and assaulted around 5:10am on Alfie Byrne Road, the road linking East Wall to Clontarf, by a female suspect in a red puffer jacket; Gardai (Clontarf station) appealed for witnesses and dashcam footage (TheJournal.ie, Crime World, Dublin People, RTE, all Sept 2026). In October 2025, a man in his 50s was left in serious condition after a serious assault near Annesley Bridge in Fairview Park at around 6pm, prompting a Garda technical examination and a witness/dashcam appeal, with a second arrest reported in follow-up coverage (Irish Times, Garda.ie, Crime World, Oct 2025). Separately, local politics coverage (Dublin People, April 2025) reported that Clontarf Garda station's staffing fell from 64 officers in December 2023 to 53 in December 2024, with Sinn Fein TD Denise Mitchell citing a Dublin-wide 9% year-on-year rise in assault, harassment and murder-threat offences for 2024 and warning of reduced community policing visibility. No specific reports of muggings, gang activity, persistent anti-social behaviour hotspots, or no-go areas were found for Marino or Killester in the 2023-2026 window; older references (a 2015 drug seizure, a historic shooting inquest) are too dated or minor to indicate a current pattern. On balance, Clontarf LEA is a genuinely low-crime, low-concern area by day, with two isolated but real violent incidents in the evening/early-morning hours over roughly a year, combined with documented reductions in local Garda staffing, warranting modest caution rather than any characterization as unsafe at night. Sources checked: TheJournal.ie (thejournal.ie); Crime World (crimeworld.com); Dublin People (dublinpeople.com); RTE (rte.ie); The Irish Times (irishtimes.com); Garda.ie (garda.ie); Dublin Inquirer (dublininquirer.com).
Clontarf (Clontarf, Marino, Fairview, Killester) — Dublin, Ireland
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Is Clontarf (Clontarf, Marino, Fairview, Killester) safe?
Wandroz currently rates Clontarf (Clontarf, Marino, Fairview, Killester) in Dublin as an area where the review found nothing traveller-relevant to report during the day and roughly average compared to other neighbourhoods in Dublin at night. This comes from a structured local-source assessment: an area-level review of credible local sources — local and national news, municipal and police-published material, and official surveys where they exist — consolidated across sources rather than taken from a single report. Dublin publishes no comparable neighbourhood-level crime dataset; where a city does, Wandroz uses it instead.
Is Clontarf (Clontarf, Marino, Fairview, Killester) safe at night?
At night, Clontarf (Clontarf, Marino, Fairview, Killester) is rated as roughly average compared to other neighbourhoods in Dublin. If you're unsure, it's worth checking recent local reviews for your specific street or block, since a neighbourhood-wide rating can't capture block-by-block variation.
Is Clontarf (Clontarf, Marino, Fairview, Killester) a good area to stay in as a tourist?
Clontarf (Clontarf, Marino, Fairview, Killester)'s day rating (an area where the review found nothing traveller-relevant to report) is the more relevant one for typical daytime tourist activity; check the night rating too if you'll be out late. The Booking.com link on this page searches Clontarf (Clontarf, Marino, Fairview, Killester) itself.
Is there official crime data for Clontarf (Clontarf, Marino, Fairview, Killester)?
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