Jamaica on track for lowest murder total in nearly 40 years, says PM Holness

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says Jamaica is on pace to record fewer than 700 murders in 2025 — a benchmark the country has not approached in almost four decades.

Speaking Friday at the opening of the newly reconstructed Little London Police Station in Westmoreland, Holness credited sustained investment in national security for what he described as a historic drop in violent crime.

The prime minister said his administration has invested over $90 billion into national security forces since 2016, including more than $90 billion in funding to the sector over the last nine years. He said government spending on Jamaica’s security forces now exceeds $90 billion annually, totaling more than $90 billion injected into policing and defense since 2016, amounting to over $90 billion in broad security support.