Serious Crime in Cayman Goes Down
A good news for Cayman – during the 1st quarter of 2007, the country saw a 14% drop in serious crime.
In accordance with the new numbers, from January, February and March 2007, burglary is down by 24% and assault is down by 17%. Robbery, attempted rape and attempted murder have also decreased in number.
However, according to Police Commissioner Stuart Kernohan, the Cayman Islands has seen an increase in detections for unlicensed firearms, and therefore this crime is to be focused further.
As to less serious crimes like theft and threatening violence, they have increased by some 7%. The upward trend is also traffic offenses. However, there is a 56% drop in number fatal wrecks as compared with January, February and March 2006. Commissioner Kernohan suggested that the overall stats for traffic are not surprising.
The Cayman Islands police are promising to go on doing everything possible to keep the crime numbers heading down.