KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica ended final 12 months registering 1,139 murders and a warning from Police Commissioner Dr. Kevin Blake to criminals that they won’t win within the pursuit of felony actions.
Figures launched by the Ministry of Nationwide Safety present that Jamaica recorded a discount of 265 in contrast with the earlier 12 months when the nation recorded 1,397.
“To the violent criminals who threaten the tempo of our communities, hear me. The JCF (Jamaica Constabulary Drive) of 2025 is charged and prepared. You’ll face a pressure that’s extremely motivated and pushed by a relentless resolve to win,” Blake stated, noting that the police had been extra motivated this 12 months to go after criminals.
“In the event you select to proceed your path of destruction, you’ll discover us standing agency towards you with the total weight of the regulation behind us. Take into account this your warning. We won’t ease up till peace prevails.
“To the Jamaican individuals, I reaffirm our pledge that JCF will stand resolute in its mission to guard you and dismantle felony organizations. So allow us to work collectively to make this imaginative and prescient a actuality,” stated Blake, appointed Police Commissioner in March final 12 months.
Based on the JCF, most of this 12 months’s murders have been recorded in Westmoreland 100, down from 116 final 12 months; St. James 125, a 33.5 % lower from the 188 recorded final 12 months; 118 in St. Andrew South, down from 121 final 12 months; and 94 recorded in St. Catherine North, a decline of 223 % from the 121 determine recorded for a similar interval in 2023.
However the JCF stated that there was a 41.1 % enhance in murders in St. Andrew Central, the place 79 murders have been recorded this 12 months, up from 72 final 12 months. Manchester and St. Andrew North every recorded six extra murders, a complete of fifty and 66, respectively, this 12 months.
The JCF additionally reported that shootings additionally declined this 12 months from 1,104 to 997, a 9.7 % decline, there have been 355 rapes as towards 484 final 12 months, a 26.7 % decline, and robberies declined by 20.8 % when 629 robberies have been recorded as towards 794 the earlier 12 months.
