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  • 6 months ago
The Police Service is reporting a significant reduction in serious and violent crimes for the year thus far, compared to the same period in the last two years.

Speaking during a press briefing on Tuesday Acting Commissioner of Police Junior Benjamin said the country has recorded 153 murders.
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00:00153 murders reflects a 33 percent decrease compared to 228 murders for the same period in 2024
00:09and 241 murders in 2023 when we further look at our murders for the month of of may we had 52
00:21murders in 2024 and in 2023 49 murders against 23 murders for may this year the acting commissioner
00:32also highlighted declines in other major crime categories reports of woundings and shootings
00:38fell from 297 in 2024 to 210 in 2025 sexual offenses showed a marginal decline from 338 in 2024 to 330
00:50this year robbery reports dropped from 1072 in 2024 to 680 in 2025 and violent crime overall declined by
01:0128 percent from 1991 reports last year to 1424 reports this year overall we've seen a reduction in
01:12our total serious crimes and also we've seen a reduction in terms of our violent crime some
01:21divisions showed particularly strong results according to benjamin port of spain recorded
01:27a 68 percent drop in murders the north central division saw a 69 decline and tobago reported a
01:3570 percent reduction however there were some exceptions we have seen slight increase into in the southwestern
01:44division where we had at least 15 murders thus far against 12 last year and also we have seen a
01:54constant uh the certain number of 23 murders in the northern north both for last year and this year
02:02benjamin credited the improved performance to strategic planning and direct engagement with officers across
02:09all divisions alexander bruswold tv6 news
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