Crime rate in Jamaica

[dotjhawkes]

Anyone have any notion what the crime rate is in Jamaica?

[jno]

from the Jamaica Observer a year ago:

In 2000 Jamaica had the third highest murder rate in the world. The figure was based on 887 murders in that year. In 2004 a record-breaking 1445 murders were reported and thus far in 2005 we are progressing at a rate of approximately five murders each day. This, while countries like the United States are reporting declining murder rates.

[dotjhawkes]

bobtheturkey has just said the same thing, anyway, I am now looking at Antigua, the British Virgin Isles was the favourite but you can't get there from manchester.

[jno]

Antigua has a beach for every day of the year (allegedly). It can rain, which is why it's so lush and green.

[barb1314]

I'd like to praise Jamaica...a place my Husband was born and we have visited 7 times in 2 years.We go to an area in the South West called Treasure Beach which is lovely and I feel safer there than I do here in England.We love it so much we have just bought an acre of land to build a house on.We sleep with the doors unlocked and have NEVER had a single problem.The people are lovely and we mix with locals all the time.The crime statistics are mainly coming from Kingston which is a very poor and troubled capital city and like any other in the world there are problems.It's a very large island with lots to do and it's very cheap to stay there.A beautiful country..I would never go anywhere else.Check out a website called tb.net but I think you made your mind up already! Hope you like Antigua.