Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia on Friday released the crime statistics for the fourth quarter of the 2025/26 financial year and called for war on alcohol-related violence.
Acting Police Minister Professor Firoz Cachalia has called for tougher action against alcohol abuse and its contribution to the wave of crime that has swept through the country in recent years.
Despite revealing that serious crime was down during the release of the fourth quarter of the 2025/26 financial year (January – March 2026), Cachalia stated that it remains at an unacceptably high level.
“Violent crimes – referred to by the police as ‘contact crimes’ as there is direct contact between the perpetrator and victim – have declined by 4.6%,” he said.
According to Cachalia, this translated to 7,405 fewer cases of violent crimes being reported compared to the same quarter last year (2024/25).
