KINGSTON, Jamaica – For the month of February 2025, Jamaica recorded the lowest number of murders in a month since the year 2000.

Addressing a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House on March 4, Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Dana Morris Dixon, informed that for the month of February 2025, Jamaica recorded 47 murders.

“So, in 25 years, this has been the lowest number of murders in a month. Now we keep talking about what’s happening with our JCF (Jamaica Constabulary Force), and what has happened in terms of improvements around crime, this is something to celebrate, a historic low number; it means we are going in the right direction,” she said.

“All the work that has been done is paying fruit and so, Jamaica, we need to celebrate this.  When the numbers were going up… everybody was talking about what was happening in the country; now we have it going in the other direction, let’s celebrate it,” the minister said.

Senator Morris Dixon further informed that murders are down 35 per cent from the start of the year for January and February.

“What that means over last year, it’s 63 less murders over those two months. That’s 63 less people killed, 63 less mothers mourning their child’s death, 63 less funerals that we have to do. It’s a big deal; and major crime is also down 25 per cent, so, overall, it’s a great thing for Jamaica,” she said.

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