According to the constabulary’s statistics, murders are down 21 per cent; shootings 13 per cent; rapes by 47 per cent; robberies by 32 per cent; and break-ins by 11 per cent.

However, he pointed out that the cause of homicides continues to shift, with gang conflicts accounting for 67 per cent of killings as at March 31; interpersonal conflict 22 per cent; four per cent in the pursuit of other criminal acts; and seven per cent still to be determined.