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Today, the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) officially released its 2025 Crime and Traffic Statistics Report. Members of the Senior Command Team held a press conference to discuss the key developments, emerging trends, and the impact of strategic initiatives on public safety over the past year.

Commissioner of Police, Kurt Walton, who led the panel, noted that there continues to be a year-on-year increase in overall crimes, however, major crimes in the Cayman Islands remain stable.

"We continue to operate in a community with significant highs and lows in crimes," said Commissioner Walton. "There has been a significant reduction in offences involving serious violence, burglaries and murder, as well as fatal collisions. There were also a number of significant convictions in 2025 that will contribute to the safety of the community for many years to come."

A sample of the report is shown below:

•2025 recorded a 6% increase in violent offences but a 16% percent reduction in serious violence. Of the 59 serious violent offences that took place in 2025, there was a 56% detection rate.

•Of concern, there is a 20% increase in sexual offences in the Cayman Islands at 125 incidents. Of these, 58% of the victims involved were children at the time of the offence.

•There were 14 firearms recovered in 2025 and the majority of these were recovered during proactive and intelligence-led policing activity in partnership with other partner agencies. Four of these firearms were recovered by Cayman Islands Customs & Border Control.

•There were 30 firearms crimes in 2025, which is a reduction of 3 offences compared to 2024. Of these offences, 43% were detected and a further 23% remain open and active investigations with the potential of those detection numbers increasing.

•Overall acquisitive crimes have reduced by 2% with burglary offences reduced by 31%.

•There was a significant increase of 55% for robbery offences and a detection rate of 29%. 42% of robbery investigations for 2025 are currently open and active.

•The number of serious violence incidents saw a reduction in 2025. An example of this was that there was a 60% decrease in matters of attempted murder with 6 offences being recorded in 2025 compared to 15 in 2024.

•Road policing remained a high priority in 2025 with educational media campaigns and significant road operations. There was a 45% decrease in fatal collisions, with 6 fatal collisions in 2025 compared to 11 in 2024.

•There was a 5% increase in motor vehicle collisions, with a total of 3408 reports made to the police in 2025.

•There was however, a 12% decrease in traffic summons at 6877 with a further decrease in speeding offences with 2162 summons issued.

•There were 277 DUI offences recorded in 2025 which is a reduction of 1%. Results ranged from 0.07mg/l to 0.390mg/l.

•65% percent of persons were double the limit while 25% were three times the legal limit of 0.070mg/l.

“Driving behaviour and attitudes on our roads continue to be a safety concern for the Cayman Islands and a continued policing priority,” says Commissioner Walton. “I am encouraged by the significant reduction in fatal collisions and we will continue to strive towards the National Road Safety Committee’s strategic goal of Safe Roads, Safe Cayman: The Road to Zero.”

The full 2025 Crimes and Traffic Statistics report and analysis is available here.