And while murder arrests are down - the number of major crimes overall is up. The first half of 2022 saw 40 more major crimes than the same period of 2021.
Major crimes include murder rape robbery, burglary theft and unlawful sexual intercourse.
The Compol chalked that one up to the post COVID frenzy:
Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"Concerning the fact that we were under curfew measures last year and the regulations relating to the pandemic - that may have to some extent assisted to reduce major crimes, but this year we no longer have those regulations so when the regulations were lifted, people had expected that crime was going to get out of control now and yes you will see that after the lifting of these regulations people began to behave as they have just been release from prison and things began to get crazy. Yes, the police had to adjust and make adjustments to meet the challenges and make sure that citizens security is upheld and we did a number of things to ensure that we were able to neutralize the situation."
