Next up is Turks and Caicos, which registered the highest homicide rate in the region. Besides firearms and narcotics smuggling being main drivers for organized crime, the island faces logistical and technological obstacles in solving homicides. Jamaica and the Dominican Republic were exceptions in the Caribbean, registering decreases in their homicide rates. Jamaica had its lowest murder rate in a decade last year, even though it remains a violent country. In the Dominican Republic, 2024 was the third consecutive year of a declining murder rate.