Grenada

Situation Summary

Grenada remains a low-intensity crime environment with no major security incidents or civil unrest reported in the past week. The country holds a composite threat score of 5 globally (rank #169) and continues under U.S. Level 2 travel advisory due to endemic violent crime (armed robbery, assault, burglary, rape). Background health risk has risen modestly, with dengue fever cases reaching approximately 105 for 2026 as of early September, linked to seasonal rain patterns.

Key Developments

• Limited discrete incident reporting. Open-source intelligence for 2026-09-01 to 2026-09-08 yields no cross-verified, date-certain major security, unrest, or infrastructure events specific to Grenada (Caribbean). Routine crime activity is presumed ongoing but is not indexed in real-time public reporting accessible to external monitors.

• U.S. travel advisory reaffirmed (2 September). U.S. Level 2 advisory on Grenada remains in effect, citing persistent risk of violent crime including armed robbery, assault, burglary, and rape; American citizens have been documented victims. This reflects ongoing threat environment rather than a new incident.

• Dengue fever cases rising (1 September). Grenadian health officials reported approximately 105 dengue cases recorded in 2026, with a marked recent increase attributed to elevated rainfall. This increases indirect operational and personnel health risk, particularly in St. George and other densely populated areas.

• Police institutional capacity development (5 September). Fifteen officers from the Royal Grenada Police Force are scheduled to depart for an intensive traffic management training course in China. This signals ongoing investment in police capability but does not directly impact near-term security posture.

Highest-Risk Areas

Saint George (risk score 92) and Saint Andrew (risk score 78) dominate the sub-national threat landscape, driven primarily by concentration of violent crime, property crime, and gang activity in and around the capital (St. George's) and the northern parishes. Saint Patrick (71) and Saint Mark (64) carry moderate-to-elevated risk. The southern and outlying parishes—Saint David, Saint John, and Carriacou/Petite Martinique—register substantially lower risk profiles, reflecting lower population density and less organized criminal activity. Corporate and expatriate personnel concentrations in Saint George face the highest absolute exposure.

How GeoBit Would Assist

Security teams monitoring Grenada should employ AOI Monitoring & Early Warning (persistent area-of-interest watch with alerting) focused on Saint George, Saint Andrew, and Saint Patrick to capture emerging crime clusters, gang activity, or civil unrest in real time. X/Twitter & Telegram OSINT and YouTube/podcast intelligence monitoring of local GBN News and Grenadian social media feeds will provide earlier visibility of incidents, police action, and community sentiment than mainstream open-source indexing. Risk & Threat Assessment and Network & Actor Analysis capabilities enable mapping of known crime actors, gang territories, and violence hotspots to inform personnel movement and asset protection protocols.

7-Day Outlook

No significant change in the security trajectory is expected over the next 7 days. Violent crime, property crime, and dengue transmission will likely persist at baseline levels. Police capacity-building and routine institutional activity should continue without disruption. Personnel and asset risk in high-density urban areas (Saint George) will remain elevated and require standard duty-of-care mitigations.

Highest-Risk Areas — Ranked

Previous Weekly Briefs

A new Grenada brief is written every Monday, covering the week — each with its own risk map and downloadable CSV. Use the calendar to go further back.

• September 2, 2026⬇ CSV · $5
• August 30, 2026⬇ CSV · $5
• August 27, 2026⬇ CSV · $5
• August 24, 2026⬇ CSV · $5
• August 22, 2026⬇ CSV · $5
• August 20, 2026⬇ CSV · $5
• August 18, 2026⬇ CSV · $5