Commissioner of Police Chester Williams keeps a very close eye on his crime statistics - and that's why he's so concerned about burglaries. Already at the end of October, 2022, there were more burglaries reported than there was in all of 2021.
Today, the Compol said it's killing them - but, it's also, kinda your fault:
Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"Burglaries are killing us. Unfortunately, it has my stats looking bad. But at the end of the day to prevent burglaries requires more than the police. Many of these burglaries are as a result of carelessness on the part of home owners and so home owners need to do more in terms of securing their property, their homes when they leave. Neighbours need to do more in terms of looking out for each other. What we will do for the Christmas season is to do a burglary campaign. We will create some flyers and we will have our community policing officers and even when we do our weekly meet and greet go out and issue these flyers and talk to people and see how best they can help to secure their properties."
Major crimes at the end of October 2022 numbered 882 and at the end of 2021 it was 883 total. Murders were down by about 7% at the end of October and it was the only major crime category to register a decline for the 10-month period.
