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I haven’t heard of any increases and we certainly didn’t see any in December but if you are concerned about it, the simple answer is stick to the peopled beaches. As much as some want to experience the CO option, and not suggesting this is or isn’t the way you were thinking, but sticking to the more peopled beaches such as Orient and Cupecoy, or if the CO option is of little or no concern, Mullet and Simpson Bay beaches such as Mary’s Boon, Karakter and ElZafiro along with the Gran. Are beaches are great choices. Beach crime is generally a crime of opportunity and the more populated beaches offer less opportunity than say a Plum Baie or a Happy Bay and other less peopled locations.

We have just entered our 49th year of at least once annual SXM island trips and we have never had any Beachside issues or problems but in the past we most often were content to limit the majority of our beach time to Mullet.