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Jamaica’s crime stats surpassed by other CARICOM nation
Wednesday, 20 May 2009
After being the benchmark for high crime rates across the region, Jamaica is taking a back seat to Trinidad as crime figures there surpass local numbers.
As the twin island Republic awaits the unveiling of its latest crime plan, a regional news paper is reporting that first-quarter crime figures in Trinidad show an increase in murders and robberies compared with the same period last year.
According to Nation News out of Barbados, murders in Trinidad have gone up by over 21.69%.
This places Trinidad ahead of Jamaica where there has been a reported reduction in murders of almost 6% for the first quarter of 2009, and a drop in shootings.
441 more people have been robbed in Trinidad and Tobago this year, bringing the figure to 1,422, an increase of 44.95% compared with the first quarter of 2008.
Robberies here in Jamaica have also gone up, but by a smaller margin of 35.55% or 713 reported cases.
On April 21, Trinidadian Prime Minister Patrick Manning announced that a new crime plan would be unveiled in three weeks.
The three-week mark has gone and National Security Minister Martin Joseph said recently that the crime plan was still under review by the National Security Council.
Reports are that urban violence, fuelled by gang rivalry, remains the biggest source of carnage with Trinidad's capital Port-of-Spain accounting for close to a quarter of all the murders committed for the first quarter of 2009.
The Port-of-Spain Police Division, which is geographically less than one-tenth the size of Trinidad and Tobago, has recorded 32 of the 129 murders for the period OR 24.8%.
The East-West Corridor continues to be the most violent place on the island, accounting for over three-quarter of the country's murders.
Wednesday, 20 May 2009
After being the benchmark for high crime rates across the region, Jamaica is taking a back seat to Trinidad as crime figures there surpass local numbers.
As the twin island Republic awaits the unveiling of its latest crime plan, a regional news paper is reporting that first-quarter crime figures in Trinidad show an increase in murders and robberies compared with the same period last year.
According to Nation News out of Barbados, murders in Trinidad have gone up by over 21.69%.
This places Trinidad ahead of Jamaica where there has been a reported reduction in murders of almost 6% for the first quarter of 2009, and a drop in shootings.
441 more people have been robbed in Trinidad and Tobago this year, bringing the figure to 1,422, an increase of 44.95% compared with the first quarter of 2008.
Robberies here in Jamaica have also gone up, but by a smaller margin of 35.55% or 713 reported cases.
On April 21, Trinidadian Prime Minister Patrick Manning announced that a new crime plan would be unveiled in three weeks.
The three-week mark has gone and National Security Minister Martin Joseph said recently that the crime plan was still under review by the National Security Council.
Reports are that urban violence, fuelled by gang rivalry, remains the biggest source of carnage with Trinidad's capital Port-of-Spain accounting for close to a quarter of all the murders committed for the first quarter of 2009.
The Port-of-Spain Police Division, which is geographically less than one-tenth the size of Trinidad and Tobago, has recorded 32 of the 129 murders for the period OR 24.8%.
The East-West Corridor continues to be the most violent place on the island, accounting for over three-quarter of the country's murders.
hey may be competing for the dubious honour of Knocking Jamaica off her "pedestal" but I doubt they will succeed. JAMAICA likes to be No. 1... 
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