Commissioner Shanta Emily Knowles held the Annual Meet the Press at the Paul Farquharson Conference Center and noted preliminary figures for 2024 indicate that major crimes across the Commonwealth of The Bahamas decreased by 10% with 2,825 cases, compared to 3,153 in 2023. There were regional decreases across the board at rates of 10% in New Providence, 10% in Grand Bahama and the Northern Bahamas, and 15% in the Family Islands District. READ MORE