Saint Lucia Saint Lucia Saint Lucia (; ) is a sovereign island country in the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. Part of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique. It covers a land area of and reported a population of 165,595 in the 2010 census. Its capital is Castries. The French were the island's first European settlers. They signed a treaty with the native Island Caribs in 1660. England took control of the island from 1663 to 1667. In ensuing
Crime in Saint Lucia forensic evidence from the murder scene being contaminated. Robbery is an issue in Saint Lucia. In 2014, Saint Lucia was ranked as one of the top 10 most dangerous cruise destinations in the world, reporting instances of sixty nine cruise passengers being robbed at gun point on just two excursions. On December 14, 2015 an American couple was robbed by two men carrying a kitchen knife and a machete. Despite filing in a report, they have not heard from the police again and it is presumed that the perpetrators are still at large. In January 2014, a British couple was