Portland records lowest murder rate

The latest crime statistics for the period January 01 to September 20 have revealed that the eastern parish of Portland has recorded the lowest murder rate at 10 per 100 thousand of the population.
      
St. Thomas follows with 15 murders per 100 thousand ; St. Elizabeth with 16; Manchester, 18; St. Ann, 21; St. Mary 26; Trelawny, 30; Westmoreland 34, and Clarendon, 35.
     
They are followed by St. Catherine at 41 per 100 thousand; Kingston and St. Andrew at 44; Hanover at 52; and St. James, with a rate of  77.
     
National Security Minister Peter Bunting says the figures for parishes such as Portland, St. Thomas, St. Elizabeth and Manchester, fall well below the average for the Caribbean.