Selling ourselves shortPaolo Kernahan -PAOLO KERNAHANI STUMBLED across a statistic this week I thought had to be wrong – the number of murders in New York City in 2024 was less than 400. This is one of the largest and most economically diverse cities on the planet, with a population of nearly nine million. The number of murders in sweet TT in the same year was 625, with a population of just under 1.4 million. Also, for the same year, TT recorded 41 murders for every 100,000 people. Online surveys differ; another one ranking nations by crime puts TT at eighth.