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Information
These data tables were published alongside the article Homicide in England and Wales: year ending Marc
February 2022.
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during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic . Detailed notes on police recorded crime revisions policy is
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Statistical contact: Nick Stripe

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Table of contents
Table number Table title Table link
Table 1 Offences initially recorded as homicide by current classification, year ending December 1960 to year ending March 2021 Link to Table 1
Table 2 Homicide incident trend analysis, year ending March 2001 to year ending March 2021 Link to Table 2
Table 3 Observed and expected number of homicide incidents recorded on a day, combined data year ending March 2019 to year ending Link to Table 3
March 2021
Worksheet 4 Number of offences and rates per million population currently recorded as homicide, by age and sex of victim, year ending March 2011 Link to Worksheet 4
to year ending March 2021
Worksheet 5 Number and percentage of offences currently recorded as homicide, by age and ethnic appearance of victim, year ending March 2011 Link to Worksheet 5
Table 6 Rates per million population of currently recorded homicide offences by victim’s ethnic appearance, annual average based on three Link to Table 6
years combined data to year ending March 2021
Worksheet 7 Numbers and percentages of offences currently recorded as homicide, by apparent method of killing and sex of victim, year ending Link to Worksheet 7
March 2011 to year ending March 2021
Table 8 Number of offences currently recorded as homicide where the victim was aged 13 years to 19 years, by apparent method of killing Link to Table 8
Table 9 Offences currently recorded as homicide by a sharp instrument, by age and sex of victim, year ending March 2011 to year ending Link to Table 9
March 2020
Table 10 Offences currently recorded as homicide by a sharp instrument, by age and ethnic appearance of victim, year ending March 2011 to Link to Table 10
year ending March 2021
Table 11 Offences currently recorded as homicide by whether a firearm was used and whether it was licensed, year ending March 2011 to year Link to Table 11
ending March 2021
Worksheet 12 Number and percentage of offences currently recorded as homicide for all victims, by relationship of victim to principal suspect and sex Link to Worksheet 12
of victim, year ending March 2011 to year ending March 2021
Worksheet 13 Number and percentage of offences currently recorded as homicide for victims aged 16 and over, by relationship of victim to principal Link to Worksheet 13
suspect and sex of victim, year ending March 2011 to year ending March 2021
Worksheet 14 Number and percentage of offences currently recorded as homicide for victims aged under 16, by relationship of victim to principal Link to Worksheet 14
Worksheet 15 Number and percentage of offences currently recorded as homicide, by apparent circumstances and relationship of victim to principal Link to Worksheet 15
suspect, year ending March 2011 to year ending March 2021
Worksheet 16 Number and percentage of offences currently recorded as homicide, by apparent circumstances, relationship of victim to principal Link to Worksheet 16
Worksheet 17 Number and percentage of offences currently recorded as homicide, by location of homicide and sex of victim, year ending March 2011 Link to Worksheet 17
Table 18 Proportion of homicide victims and suspects that were under the influence of alcohol or drugs at the time of the homicide (currently Link to Table 18
recorded) combined data for year ending March 2019 to year ending March 2021
Table 19 Proportion of currently recorded homicides by various drug fields, combined data for year ending March 2019 to year ending March Link to Table 19
2021
Table 20 Number of offences currently recorded as homicide that have involved drug users or dealers, or have been related to drugs in any way, Link to Table 20
year ending March 2011 to year ending March 2021
Table 21 Offences currently recorded as homicide, by police force area, English regions and Wales, year ending March 2013 to year ending Link to Table 21
March 2021
Table 22 Offences currently recorded as homicide, by outcome for principal suspect, year ending March 2011 to year ending March 2021 Link to Table 22
Table 23 All suspects convicted of homicide, by type of homicide, year ending December 1969 to year ending March 2021 Link to Table 23
Table 24 Outcomes for all homicide suspects, year ending March 2017 to year ending March 2021 Link to Table 24
Worksheet 25 All suspects indicted for homicide, by outcome of proceedings and sex of suspect, year ending March 2011 to year ending March 2021 Link to Worksheet 25
Worksheet 26 Suspects convicted of homicide, by sex of suspect and type of homicide sentence, year ending March 2011 to year ending March 2021 Link to Worksheet 26
Table 27 Suspects convicted of homicide who have a previous homicide conviction, year ending March 2011 to year ending March 2021 Link to Table 27
Worksheet 28 Number and percentage of suspects convicted of homicide, by age and sex, year ending March 2011 to year ending March 2021 Link to Worksheet 28
Table 29 Principal suspects convicted of homicide, by ethnic appearance of victim and principal suspect, combined data for year ending March Link to Table 29
2019 to year ending March 2021
Table 30 Table 29: Proportion of convicted principal suspects by suspect's ethnic appearance, compared to the ethnic profile of the population, Link to Table 30
combined data for year ending March 2019 to year ending March 2021
Table 31 Table 30: Domestic and other homicides, by sex of principal suspect and victim, year ending March 2011 to year ending March 2021 Link to Table 31
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A separate offence is recorded for each victim of homicide, so that in an incident in which several peopl
number of homicides counted is the total number of people killed.
As at 10 December 2021; figures are subject to revision as cases are dealt with by the police and by the
information becomes available.
When the police initially record an offence as a homicide it remains classified as such unless the police
lesser offence, or no offence, took place.
Home Office statisticians and police forces have undertaken a review of homicide data for year ending
ending March 2020 to update suspect data and cancelled crimes. Totals shown in this table will not ma
published figures.
Year ending December 1987 includes 15 victims of Michael Ryan.
Year ending March 2001 includes 58 Chinese nationals who suffocated in a lorry en route into the UK.
Year ending March 2003 includes 173 victims of Dr Harold Shipman.
Year ending March 2004 includes 20 cockle pickers who drowned in Morecambe Bay.
Year ending March 2006 includes 52 victims of the 7 July London bombings.
Year ending March 2011 includes 12 victims of the Derrick Bird shooting.
Year ending March 2017 includes 96 victims of Hillsborough and four victims of the Westminster Bridge
Year ending March 2018 incudes 31 victims of the terrorist attacks that involved multiple victims, includ
Arena bombing, and the London Bridge attack and 11 victims of the Shoreham air crash.
Year ending March 2020 includes 39 human trafficking victims who were found dead in a lorry in Essex
The number of homicide incidents will differ from the number of homicide offences, because one incide
deaths of multiple victims.
Does not sum to 1,096 (the number of days in the three-year period) due to rounding.
Totals may not sum as numbers include some victims with unknown age or sex.
Officer-identified ethnicity classification.
Population statistics based on mid-2016 estimates
Other includes Asian, mixed/multiple ethnicities and any other ethnic group.
Year ending March 2017 includes 96 victims of Hillsborough.
Year ending March 2018 includes 22 victims of the Manchester Arena bombing.
These figures may not match those in the weapons tables because (a) figures include cases where the
blunt instrument and (b) homicide figures include shooting by crossbows and are compiled at a later da
account the results of police and court decisions.
Excluding death by careless/dangerous driving and aggravated vehicle taking.

Firearm licensing data was introduced in the Homicide Index in 2009.
Where principal method of killing was shooting by firearm.
Other includes business associate, casual sexual partner criminal associate, emotional rival, prostitute/
worker/patient, customer/client.
Includes homicide offences where all suspects have been acquitted at court.
Homicides are recorded to be “domestic” when the relationship between a victim aged 16 years and ov
falls into one of the following categories: spouse, common-law spouse, cohabiting partner, boyfriend or
ex-cohabiting partner or ex-boyfriend or girlfriend, adulterous relationship, son or daughter (including st
relationships), parent (including step and adopted relationships), brother or sister, other relatives.
In some cases, the circumstances of a homicide could be classified in more than one row in the table a
been made of the principal circumstances, against which the offence is shown.
Offences 'attributed to acts of terrorism' include all attacks and political assassinations including where
suspect.
Homicides 'while attempting to restrain or arrest individual' only include cases where a police officer or a
assisting a police officer was killed. Cases in which an innocent bystander was killed during an arrest, o
that a member of the public may have been killed while attempting to apprehend the killer for some offe
office was present, are included in 'other circumstances'.
It is not possible to show separately offences committed in the course of furtherance of a sexual attack
insufficient information available.
The presented category 'irrational act' no longer includes cases where circumstances were considered
Includes cases where no rational motive has been identified. Where no suspect has been found it is no
establish the circumstances in which a homicide was committed or the reason for its commission.
Includes cases where the relationship between the victim and principal suspect is not known and where
charged.
Includes cases where there is no sex.
Location was introduced in the Homicide Index on 1 April 2007.
Includes garden, drive, corridors, stairwells, garages.
Includes nursing/care home, hostel, hotel, lodging house.
In or around pub, club, restaurant.
Includes car parks.
Includes other commercial businesses e.g. shops, school, hospital, church etc, public transport, stations
For the purposes of the Homicide Index, a suspect in a homicide case is defined as either: a person wh
with a homicide offence, including those who were subsequently convicted and those awaiting trial or a
suspected by the police of having committed the offence but is known to have died or died by suicide.
Includes three homicide victims with unknown sex.
Includes three corporate homicide suspects.
An offence is ‘drug-related’ if any of the following variables are positive: victim illegal drug user; victim il
suspect illegal drug user; suspect illegal drug dealer; victim has taken a drug; suspect has taken a drug
obtain drugs; suspect had motive to steal drug proceeds; drug related.
Includes all suspects for offences initially recorded as homicide.
Includes murder, section 2 manslaughter, other manslaughter (including corporate) and infanticide.
Total does not match previous table as that includes offences indicted for other offences.
The offences for which these persons were indicted may nevertheless remain currently recorded as hom
This usually implies that the suspect has been dealt with for some less serious offence.
This section incudes corporate manslaughters where a corporate body has been charged and therefore
sex.
Including detention during Her Majesty's Pleasure under Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 20
[previously Children and Young Persons Act 1933 S.53(1)] and custody for life.
Including detention under Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 SS.91(1) & (2) & 92(3) [pre
Young Persons Act 1933 S.53(2)], partly suspended sentences and young offender institution.
In addition, 1 suspect who had previously been convicted of a homicide died by suicide in year ending M
Covers homicides committed in prison or other secure institutions while the suspect is serving a senten
offence. Does not include cases where someone serving a homicide sentence is convicted of a further
took place prior to the first conviction.
Does not include suspects who have committed a previous homicide outside of England and Wales.
Age of suspect is based on age at time of offence.
Officer-identified ethnicity classification for suspect and victim.
Excludes cases with no suspects and homicide offences where all suspects have been acquitted at cou
Excludes corporate homicides and cases where the victim or suspect sex is unknown.
Table 1: Offences initially recorded as homicide by current classification [notes 1,2,3,4]
England and Wales, year ending December 1960 to year ending March 2021
This worksheet contains one table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found on the notes worksheet.
Some shorthand is used in this worksheet: [x] indicates that a numbers are unavailable for these years.
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Source: Home Office - Homicide Index
Offences currently
Number of offences Number of offences Number of offences
recorded as
Year initially recorded as no longer recorded currently recorded
homicide rate per
homicide as homicide as homicide
million population
Jan 1960 to Dec 1960 282 [x] [x] [x]

Jan 1961 to Dec 1961 265 [x] [x] [x]
Jan 1962 to Dec 1962 299 [x] [x] [x]
Jan 1963 to Dec 1963 307 [x] [x] [x]
Jan 1964 to Dec 1964 296 [x] [x] [x]
Jan 1965 to Dec 1965 325 [x] [x] [x]
Jan 1966 to Dec 1966 364 [x] [x] [x]
Jan 1967 to Dec 1967 414 60 354 7
Jan 1968 to Dec 1968 420 60 360 7
Jan 1969 to Dec 1969 395 63 332 6.8
Jan 1970 to Dec 1970 396 57 339 7.0
Jan 1971 to Dec 1971 459 52 407 8.3
Jan 1972 to Dec 1972 480 71 409 8.3
Jan 1973 to Dec 1973 465 74 391 8.0
Jan 1974 to Dec 1974 599 73 526 10.7
Jan 1975 to Dec 1975 508 65 443 9.0
Jan 1976 to Dec 1976 565 77 488 9.9
Jan 1977 to Dec 1977 484 71 413 8.5
Jan 1978 to Dec 1978 536 68 468 9.6
Jan 1979 to Dec 1979 620 73 547 11.1
Jan 1980 to Dec 1980 626 91 535 11.1
Jan 1981 to Dec 1981 556 55 501 10.1
Jan 1982 to Dec 1982 618 61 557 11.2
Jan 1983 to Dec 1983 552 70 482 9.7
Jan 1984 to Dec 1984 619 82 537 10.8
Jan 1985 to Dec 1985 625 89 536 10.7
Jan 1986 to Dec 1986 659 96 563 11.2
Jan 1987 to Dec 1987 [note 5] 687 87 600 11.9
Jan 1988 to Dec 1988 645 98 547 10.9
Jan 1989 to Dec 1989 622 101 521 10.3
Jan 1990 to Dec 1990 661 107 554 10.9
Jan 1991 to Dec 1991 725 103 622 12.3
Jan 1992 to Dec 1992 681 100 581 11.4
Jan 1993 to Dec 1993 674 108 566 11.1
Jan 1994 to Dec 1994 728 95 633 12.4
Jan 1995 to Dec 1995 752 90 662 13.0
Jan 1996 to Dec 1996 676 90 586 11.4
Jan 1997 to Dec 1997 734 127 607 11.8
Apr 1997 to Mar 1998 728 125 603 11.7
Apr 1998 to Mar 1999 741 101 640 12.4
Apr 1999 to Mar 2000 761 91 670 12.9
Apr 2000 to Mar 2001 [note 6] 847 87 760 14.6
Apr 2001 to Mar 2002 855 64 791 15.1
Apr 2002 to Mar 2003 [note 7] 1,043 99 944 17.9
Apr 2003 to Mar 2004 [note 8] 855 79 776 14.7
Apr 2004 to Mar 2005 833 55 778 14.6
Apr 2005 to Mar 2006 [note 9] 767 57 710 13.3
Apr 2006 to Mar 2007 752 39 713 13.2
Apr 2007 to Mar 2008 774 42 732 13.5
Apr 2008 to Mar 2009 672 35 637 11.6
Apr 2009 to Mar 2010 621 29 592 10.7
Apr 2010 to Mar 2011 [note 10] 654 22 632 11.3
Apr 2011 to Mar 2012 545 20 525 9.3
Apr 2012 to Mar 2013 566 24 542 9.6
Apr 2013 to Mar 2014 540 19 521 9.1
Apr 2014 to Mar 2015 526 22 504 8.8
Apr 2015 to Mar 2016 558 18 540 9.3
Apr 2016 to Mar 2017 [note 11] 692 17 675 11.6
Apr 2017 to Mar 2018 [note 12] 712 16 696 11.8
Apr 2018 to Mar 2019 649 13 636 10.8
Apr 2019 to Mar 2020 [note 13] 683 10 673 11.3
Apr 2020 to Mar 2021 599 5 594 9.9
Table 2: Homicide incident trend analysis [notes 2,4,14]
England and Wales, year ending March 2001 to year ending March 2021
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Number of
Year
homicide incidents
Apr 2000 to Mar 2001 674

Apr 2001 to Mar 2002 759
Apr 2002 to Mar 2003 735
Apr 2003 to Mar 2004 730
Apr 2004 to Mar 2005 748
Apr 2005 to Mar 2006 641
Apr 2006 to Mar 2007 678
Apr 2007 to Mar 2008 714
Apr 2008 to Mar 2009 616
Apr 2009 to Mar 2010 571
Apr 2010 to Mar 2011 598
Apr 2011 to Mar 2012 496
Apr 2012 to Mar 2013 507
Apr 2013 to Mar 2014 507
Apr 2014 to Mar 2015 488
Apr 2015 to Mar 2016 526
Apr 2016 to Mar 2017 552
Apr 2017 to Mar 2018 635
Apr 2018 to Mar 2019 627
Apr 2019 to Mar 2020 615
Apr 2020 to Mar 2021 582
n the notes worksheet.
Table 3: Observed and expected number of homicide incidents recorded on a day [note 2
England and Wales, combined data year ending March 2019 to year ending March 2021

Expected
Number of homicide Observed
numbers
incidents numbers
[note 15]
0 208 205
1 345 373
2 287 269
3 159 142
4 66 70
5 22 23
6 6 9
7 or more 2 5
Worksheet 4: Number of offences and rates per million population currently recorded as homicide, by age and sex o
This worksheet contains two tables displayed vertically with one row between each table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found
Some shorthand is used in this worksheet: [u1] indicates that rates where the number of homicides are fewer than five are supressed.

Table 4a: Number of offences currently recorded as homicide, by age and sex of victim
Apr 2011 to Apr 2014 to
Apr 2010 to Apr 2012 to Apr 2013 to
Age of victim Sex of victim Mar 2012 [note Mar 2015 [note
Mar 2011 Mar 2013 Mar 2014
16] 16]
Under 1 year Male 10 5 10 8 15
Under 1 year Female 7 9 12 8 9
Under 1 year Total 17 15 22 16 25
1 to 4 Male 9 11 14 6 7
1 to 4 Female 7 7 7 12 6
1 to 4 Total 16 18 21 18 13
5 to 15 Male 15 7 14 6 9
5 to 15 Female 8 7 9 5 7
5 to 15 Total 23 14 23 11 16
16 to 24 Male 84 65 68 72 67
16 to 24 Female 22 33 19 24 19
16 to 24 Total 106 98 87 96 86
25 to 34 Male 84 79 69 66 53
25 to 34 Female 39 29 28 28 22
25 to 34 Total 123 108 97 94 75
35 to 44 Male 87 87 76 67 55
35 to 44 Female 46 26 24 23 33
35 to 44 Total 133 113 100 90 88
45 to 54 Male 69 39 66 57 51
45 to 54 Female 19 25 22 25 33
45 to 54 Total 88 64 88 82 84
55 to 64 Male 41 33 26 30 27
55 to 64 Female 18 9 17 18 18
55 to 64 Total 59 42 43 48 45
65 to 74 Male 17 13 21 12 21
65 to 74 Female 15 8 9 17 9
65 to 74 Total 32 21 30 29 30
75 plus Male 16 15 11 13 14
75 plus Female 19 17 20 24 28
75 plus Total 35 32 31 37 42
Total all ages Male 432 354 375 337 319
Total all ages % 68 67 69 65 63
Total all ages Female 200 170 167 184 184
Total all ages % 32 32 31 35 37
Total all ages Total [notes 4,16] 632 525 542 521 504
Table 4b: Rate of offences per million population currently recorded as homicide, by age and sex of victim
Age of victim Sex of victim Mar 2012 [note Mar 2015 [note
Mar 2011 Mar 2013 Mar 2014
16] 16]
Under 1 year Male 28 14 27 22 42
Under 1 year Female 20 26 34 23 26
Under 1 year Total 24 21 30 23 36
1 to 4 Male 6 8 10 4 5
1 to 4 Female 5 5 5 9 4
1 to 4 Total 6 6 7 6 4
5 to 15 Male 4 2 4 2 2
5 to 15 Female 2 2 3 1 2
5 to 15 Total 3 2 3 2 2
16 to 24 Male 25 19 20 21 20
16 to 24 Female 7 10 6 7 6
16 to 24 Total 16 15 13 15 13
25 to 34 Male 23 21 18 17 14
25 to 34 Female 10 8 7 7 6
25 to 34 Total 17 14 13 12 10
35 to 44 Male 22 22 20 18 15
35 to 44 Female 12 7 6 6 9
35 to 44 Total 17 14 13 12 12
45 to 54 Male 18 10 17 14 13
45 to 54 Female 5 6 6 6 8
45 to 54 Total 12 8 11 10 10
55 to 64 Male 13 10 8 9 8
55 to 64 Female 5 3 5 6 5
55 to 64 Total 9 6 7 7 7
65 to 74 Male 7 6 8 5 8
65 to 74 Female 6 3 3 6 3
65 to 74 Total 7 4 6 5 5
75 plus Male 9 8 6 7 7
75 plus Female 7 6 8 9 10
75 plus Total 8 7 7 8 9
Total all ages Male 16 13 13 12 11

Total all ages Female 7 6 6 6 6
Total all ages Total 11 9 10 9 9
omicide, by age and sex of victim [notes 2,4]
to notes which can be found on the notes worksheet.

wer than five are supressed.
Apr 2015 to Apr 2018 to Apr 2019 to Apr 2020 to

Mar 2016 [note Mar 2019 [note Mar 2020 [note Mar 2021
Mar 2017 Mar 2018
16] 16] 16] [note 16]
6 14 8 15 13 16
6 7 9 13 4 10
12 21 17 29 17 26
3 8 7 6 6 7
5 4 8 12 5 11
8 12 15 18 11 18
7 20 14 12 14 12
7 10 20 5 1 3
14 30 34 17 15 15
69 130 118 95 122 84
16 21 29 16 18 10
85 151 147 111 141 94
73 106 94 94 100 88
27 27 40 38 34 36
100 133 134 132 134 124
72 82 87 67 97 71
30 38 29 33 31 28
102 120 116 100 128 99
63 65 67 68 66 64
37 27 35 33 20 25
100 92 102 101 86 89
32 48 42 28 35 36
16 7 16 17 24 15
48 55 58 45 59 51
23 17 24 14 28 19
9 7 14 23 17 21
32 24 38 37 45 40
21 13 17 17 13 19
17 24 18 29 23 18
38 37 35 46 36 37
369 503 478 416 495 416
68 75 69 65 74 70
170 172 218 219 177 177
31 25 31 34 26 30
540 675 696 636 673 594
Mar 2016 [note Mar 2019 [note Mar 2020 [note Mar 2021
Mar 2017 Mar 2018
16] 16] 16] [note 16]
17 39 23 44 39 49
18 20 27 40 [u1] 33
17 30 25 43 26 41
[u1] 5 5 4 4 5
4 [u1] 6 9 4 8
3 4 5 6 4 6
2 5 4 3 3 3
2 3 5 1 [u1] [u1]
2 4 4 2 2 2
21 39 36 29 38 26
5 7 9 5 6 3
13 23 23 17 22 15
19 27 23 23 25 22
7 7 10 10 9 9
13 17 17 17 17 15
19 22 24 18 26 19
8 10 8 9 8 7
14 16 16 13 17 13
16 16 17 17 17 16
9 7 8 8 5 6
12 11 12 12 11 11
10 15 12 8 10 10
5 2 5 5 7 4
7 8 8 6 8 7
8 6 9 5 10 7
3 2 5 8 6 7
6 4 6 6 8 7
11 6 8 8 6 9
6 9 6 10 8 6
8 8 7 9 7 7
13 17 16 14 17 14
6 6 7 7 6 6
9 12 12 11 11 10
Worksheet 5: Number and percentage of offences currently recorded as homicide, by age and ethnic appearance of victim [notes 2,4,17]
This worksheet contains two tables displayed vertically with one row between each table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found on the notes worksheet.
Some shorthand is used in this worksheet: [x] indicates that a number is unavailable as there were zero homicides recorded in that category.

Table 5a: Number of offences currently recorded as homicide, by age and ethnic appearance of victim
Apr 2015 to Mar
Apr 2010 to Mar Apr 2011 to Mar Apr 2012 to Mar Apr 2013 to Mar Apr 2014 to Mar
Ethnic appearance of victim Age of victim 2016
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
[note 16]
White Under 1 15 14 18 13 14 8
White 1 to 4 10 15 16 8 11 4
White 5 to 15 14 7 16 5 12 10
White 16 to 24 63 53 60 54 52 51
White 25 to 34 89 79 68 64 55 76
White 35 to 44 105 87 84 71 66 82
White 45 to 54 70 52 78 65 75 83
White 55 to 64 52 36 40 43 38 38
White 65 to 74 27 19 28 23 25 27
White 75 plus 32 28 29 35 37 30
White Total 477 390 437 381 385 409
Black Under 1 0 0 1 2 1 0
Black 1 to 4 2 2 4 3 1 2
Black 5 to 15 6 4 2 1 1 2
Black 16 to 24 23 27 17 27 23 30
Black 25 to 34 13 15 17 9 13 14
Black 35 to 44 9 9 4 5 9 10
Black 45 to 54 10 5 5 9 2 3
Black 55 to 64 1 2 0 1 3 2
Black 65 to 74 2 0 1 0 1 0
Black 75 plus 1 1 1 0 2 1
Black Total 67 65 52 57 56 64
Asian (Indian sub-continent) Under 1 1 0 1 1 1 0

Asian (Indian sub-continent) 1 to 4 1 1 1 5 1 1
Asian (Indian sub-continent) 75 plus 2 1 0 1 1 2
Asian (Indian sub-continent) Total 62 44 32 59 32 31
Other [notes 13,19] Under 1 0 1 0 0 3 2

Other [notes 13,19] 1 to 4 3 0 0 1 0 0
Other [notes 13,19] 5 to 15 0 1 0 0 0 0
Other [notes 13,19] 16 to 24 5 4 4 3 3 2
Other [notes 13,19] 25 to 34 5 0 2 4 2 2
Other [notes 13,19] 35 to 44 2 7 4 0 3 6
Other [notes 13,19] 45 to 54 2 3 2 0 3 2
Other [notes 13,19] 55 to 64 2 0 0 2 0 0
Other [notes 13,19] 65 to 74 0 0 0 2 1 1
Other [notes 13,19] 75 plus 0 0 0 0 1 2
Other [notes 13,19] Total 19 16 12 12 16 17
Not known/not recorded Under 1 1 0 2 0 6 2

Not known/not recorded 1 to 4 0 0 0 1 0 1
Not known/not recorded 75 plus 0 2 1 1 1 3
Not known/not recorded Total 7 10 9 12 15 19
Total all ethnicities Under 1 17 15 22 16 25 12

Total all ethnicities 1 to 4 16 18 21 18 13 8
Total all ethnicities 75 plus 35 32 31 37 42 38
Total all ethnicities Total 632 525 542 521 504 540
Table 5b: Percentage of offences currently recorded as homicide, by age and ethnic appearance of victim
Apr 2015 to Mar
Ethnic appearance of victim Age of victim 2016
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
[note 16]
White Under 1 3 4 4 3 4 2
White 1 to 4 2 4 4 2 3 1
White 5 to 15 3 2 4 1 3 2
White 16 to 24 13 14 14 14 14 12
White 25 to 34 19 20 16 17 14 19
White 35 to 44 22 22 19 19 17 20
White 45 to 54 15 13 18 17 19 20
White 55 to 64 11 9 9 11 10 9
White 65 to 74 6 5 6 6 6 7
White 75 plus 7 7 7 9 10 7
White Total 100 100 100 100 100 100
Black Under 1 [x] [x] 2 4 2 [x]
Black 1 to 4 3 3 8 5 2 3
Black 5 to 15 9 6 4 2 2 3
Black 16 to 24 34 42 33 47 41 47
Black 25 to 34 19 23 33 16 23 22
Black 35 to 44 13 14 8 9 16 16
Black 45 to 54 15 8 10 16 4 5
Black 55 to 64 1 3 [x] 2 5 3
Black 65 to 74 3 [x] 2 [x] 2 [x]
Black 75 plus 1 2 2 [x] 4 2
Black Total 100 100 100 100 100 100
Asian (Indian sub-continent) Under 1 2 [x] 3 2 3 [x]
Asian (Indian sub-continent) 65 to 74 5 [x] 3 7 3 3
Asian (Indian sub-continent) 75 plus 3 2 [x] 2 3 6
Other [notes 13,19] Under 1 [x] 6 [x] [x] 19 12
Other [notes 13,19] 1 to 4 16 [x] [x] 8 [x] [x]
Other [notes 13,19] 5 to 15 [x] 6 [x] [x] [x] [x]
Other [notes 13,19] 16 to 24 26 25 33 25 19 12
Other [notes 13,19] 25 to 34 26 [x] 17 33 13 12
Other [notes 13,19] 35 to 44 11 44 33 [x] 19 35
Other [notes 13,19] 45 to 54 11 19 17 [x] 19 12
Other [notes 13,19] 55 to 64 11 [x] [x] 17 [x] [x]
Other [notes 13,19] 65 to 74 [x] [x] [x] 17 6 6
Other [notes 13,19] 75 plus [x] [x] [x] [x] 6 12
Other [notes 13,19] Total 100 100 100 100 100 100
Not known/not recorded Under 1 14 [x] 22 [x] 40 11

Not known/not recorded 1 to 4 [x] [x] [x] 8 [x] 5
Not known/not recorded 5 to 15 [x] 10 11 [x] 13 [x]
Not known/not recorded 16 to 24 [x] 20 11 [x] 7 [x]
Not known/not recorded 25 to 34 43 10 11 33 [x] 5
Not known/not recorded 35 to 44 29 10 11 25 7 [x]
Not known/not recorded 45 to 54 14 10 [x] 17 7 21
Not known/not recorded 55 to 64 [x] [x] 22 8 7 21
Not known/not recorded 65 to 74 [x] 20 [x] [x] 13 16
Not known/not recorded 75 plus [x] 20 11 8 7 16

Total all ethnicities Total 100 100 100 100 100 100
victim [notes 2,4,17]
Apr 2019 to Mar Apr 2020 to

Apr 2016 to Mar Apr 2017 to Mar Apr 2018 to Mar
2020 [notes Mar 2021
2017 2018 2019
13,16] [note 16]
17 14 16 6 18
7 12 13 7 7
25 16 9 7 9
96 76 42 53 42
100 99 102 76 81
94 91 71 82 74
72 82 84 69 75
49 52 38 53 35
19 29 30 38 35
31 33 41 34 33
510 504 446 425 409
0 0 2 3 2
2 0 1 1 3
5 6 6 5 4
36 45 47 50 34
19 24 15 21 29
11 11 15 14 10
8 1 7 6 5
1 2 2 2 8
2 2 1 1 1
2 0 1 0 2
86 91 97 103 98
1 1 1 1 0
1 1 2 2 4
0 2 0 1 2
12 13 10 14 14
10 6 9 14 7
8 9 8 14 12
6 11 3 5 5
3 1 3 2 3
2 5 3 2 1
0 0 2 1 0
43 49 41 56 48
0 0 0 2 0
0 1 1 1 1
0 1 0 2 0
4 10 8 23 1
2 2 5 20 6
3 2 3 13 1
2 5 3 2 2
0 0 1 0 3
1 0 1 1 2
0 0 0 0 0
12 21 22 64 16
3 2 10 5 6
2 1 1 0 3
0 9 2 0 0
3 3 4 1 3
2 3 1 3 1
4 3 3 5 2
4 3 4 4 2
2 3 1 2 2
0 2 2 3 1
4 2 2 1 2
24 31 30 25 23
21 17 29 17 26
12 15 18 11 18
30 34 17 15 15
151 147 111 141 94
133 134 132 134 124
120 116 100 128 99
92 102 101 86 89
55 58 45 59 51
24 38 37 45 40
37 35 46 36 37
675 696 636 673 594
Apr 2019 to Mar Apr 2020 to
2020 [notes Mar 2021
2017 2018 2019
13,16] [note 16]
3 3 4 1 4
1 2 3 2 2
5 3 2 2 2
19 15 9 12 10
20 20 23 18 20
18 18 16 19 18
14 16 19 16 18
10 10 9 12 9
4 6 7 9 9
6 7 9 8 8
100 100 100 100 100
[x] [x] 2 3 2
2 [x] 1 1 3
6 7 6 5 4
42 49 48 49 35
22 26 15 20 30
13 12 15 14 10
9 1 7 6 5
1 2 2 2 8
2 2 1 1 1
2 [x] 1 [x] 2
100 100 100 100 100
2 2 2 2 [x]
2 2 5 4 8
[x] 4 [x] 2 4
28 27 24 25 29
23 12 22 25 15
19 18 20 25 25
14 22 7 9 10
7 2 7 4 6
5 10 7 4 2
[x] [x] 5 2 [x]
100 100 100 100 100
[x] [x] [x] 3 [x]
[x] 5 5 2 6
[x] 5 [x] 3 [x]
33 48 36 36 6
17 10 23 31 38
25 10 14 20 6
17 24 14 3 13
[x] [x] 5 [x] 19
8 [x] 5 2 13
[x] [x] [x] [x] [x]
100 100 100 100 100
13 6 33 20 26
8 3 3 [x] 13
[x] 29 7 [x] [x]
13 10 13 4 13
8 10 3 12 4
17 10 10 20 9
17 10 13 16 9
8 10 3 8 9
[x] 6 7 12 4
17 6 7 4 9
100 100 100 100 100
3 2 5 3 4
2 2 3 2 3
4 5 3 2 3
22 21 17 21 16
20 19 21 20 21
18 17 16 19 17
14 15 16 13 15
8 8 7 9 9
4 5 6 7 7
5 5 7 5 6
100 100 100 100 100
Table 6: Average rates per million population of currently recorded homicide offences by
England and Wales, annual average based on three years combined data to year ending March 2
Apr 2012 to Apr 2015 to Mar Apr 2018 to

Ethnic appearance of victim Mar 2015 2018 Mar 2021
White 8.0 9.5 8.5
Black 28.0 40.8 50.5
Other [notes 13,19] 8.3 8.9 12.7
micide offences by victim’s ethnic appearance [notes 2,17,18]
ear ending March 2021
Worksheet 7: Number and percentage of offences currently recorded as homicide, by apparent method of killing and sex o
This worksheet contains two tables displayed vertically with one row between each table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found on the n

Table 7a: Number of offences currently recorded as homicide, by apparent method of killing and sex of victim
Apr 2010 to Mar Apr 2011 to Mar

Apr 2012 to Mar
Sex of victim Apparent method of killing 2011 2012
2013
[note 10] [note 16]
Male victims Sharp instrument 154 143 137
Male victims Blunt instrument 38 36 34
Male victims Hitting, kicking etc. (without a weapon) 106 79 94
Male victims Strangulation, asphyxiation [notes 13,20] 21 15 15
Male victims Shooting [notes 10,22] 53 33 20
Male victims Explosion [note 21] 0 1 2
Male victims Burning 8 9 15
Male victims Drowning 4 4 6
Male victims Poison or drugs 12 3 8
Male victims Motor vehicle [note 23] 7 5 4
Male victims Other 21 18 25
Male victims Not known 8 8 15
Male victims Total 432 354 375
Female victims Sharp instrument 82 65 58

Female victims Blunt instrument 23 15 15
Female victims Hitting, kicking etc. (without a weapon) 11 9 12
Female victims Strangulation, asphyxiation [notes 13,20] 40 45 26
Female victims Shooting [notes 10,22] 8 7 9
Female victims Explosion [note 21] 0 0 0
Female victims Burning 13 8 11
Female victims Drowning 2 0 1
Female victims Poison or drugs 8 5 0
Female victims Motor vehicle [note 23] 0 0 2
Female victims Other 4 7 14
Female victims Not known 9 9 19
Female victims Total 200 170 167
All victims Sharp instrument 236 208 195

All victims Blunt instrument 61 51 49
All victims Hitting, kicking etc. (without a weapon) 117 89 106
All victims Strangulation, asphyxiation [notes 13,20] 61 60 41
All victims Shooting [notes 10,22] 61 40 29
All victims Explosion [note 21] 0 1 2
All victims Burning 21 17 26
All victims Drowning 6 4 7
All victims Poison or drugs 20 8 8
All victims Motor vehicle [note 23] 7 5 6
All victims Other 25 25 39
All victims Not known 17 17 34
All victims Total [note16] 632 525 542
Table 7b: Percentage of offences currently recorded as homicide, by apparent method of killing and sex of victim
Apr 2012 to Mar
Sex of victim Apparent method of killing 2011 2012
2013
[note 10] [note 16]
Male victims Sharp instrument 36 40 37
Male victims Blunt instrument 9 10 9
Male victims Hitting, kicking etc. (without a weapon) 25 22 25
Male victims Strangulation, asphyxiation [notes 13,20] 5 4 4
Male victims Shooting [notes 10,22] 12 9 5
Male victims Explosion [note 21] [x] 0 1
Male victims Burning 2 3 4
Male victims Drowning 1 1 2
Male victims Poison or drugs 3 1 2
Male victims Motor vehicle [note 23] 2 1 1
Male victims Other 5 5 7
Male victims Not known 2 2 4
Male victims Total 100 100 100
Female victims Sharp instrument 41 38 35

Female victims Blunt instrument 12 9 9
Female victims Hitting, kicking etc. (without a weapon) 6 5 7
Female victims Strangulation, asphyxiation [notes 13,20] 20 26 16
Female victims Shooting [notes 10,22] 4 4 5
Female victims Explosion [note 21] [x] [x] [x]
Female victims Burning 7 5 7
Female victims Drowning 1 [x] 1
Female victims Poison or drugs 4 3 [x]
Female victims Motor vehicle [note 23] [x] [x] 1
Female victims Other 2 4 8
Female victims Not known 5 5 11
Female victims Total 100 100 100
All victims Sharp instrument 37 40 36

All victims Blunt instrument 10 10 9
All victims Hitting, kicking etc. (without a weapon) 19 17 20
All victims Strangulation, asphyxiation [notes 13,20] 10 11 8
All victims Shooting [notes 10,22] 10 8 5
All victims Explosion [note 21] [x] 0 0
All victims Burning 3 3 5
All victims Drowning 1 1 1
All victims Poison or drugs 3 2 1
All victims Motor vehicle [note 23] 1 1 1
All victims Other 4 5 7
All victims Not known 3 3 6
All victims Total [note 16] 100 100 100
nt method of killing and sex of victim [notes 2,4]
notes which can be found on the notes worksheet.

ides recorded in that category.
Apr 2014 to Mar Apr 2015 to Mar Apr 2016 to Mar Apr 2017 to Mar Apr 2018 to Mar Apr 2019 to Mar
Apr 2013 to Mar
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
2014
[note 16] [note 16] [note 20] [note 21] [note 16] [notes 13,16]
135 116 151 165 218 198 221
21 26 27 31 27 24 29
81 81 79 93 89 74 95
19 17 15 101 15 15 47
21 16 22 27 23 28 23
1 0 0 2 13 0 0
9 8 8 5 5 6 6
4 3 3 2 2 2 3
10 14 15 12 10 4 8
9 8 8 17 11 9 20
17 22 24 29 45 32 25
10 8 17 19 20 24 18
337 319 369 503 478 416 495
68 70 60 51 63 62 48
16 15 18 18 10 13 19
23 11 21 19 14 26 18
34 35 33 34 37 40 31
8 4 3 5 4 4 7
0 0 0 0 21 0 0
8 1 5 2 7 5 7
0 0 3 3 2 3 0
4 11 2 3 12 9 3
0 0 0 5 6 1 3
15 19 14 19 17 35 16
8 18 11 13 25 21 25
184 184 170 172 218 219 177
203 186 211 216 281 260 270

37 41 45 49 37 37 48
104 92 100 112 103 100 113
53 52 48 135 52 55 78
29 20 25 32 27 32 30
1 0 0 2 34 0 0
17 9 13 7 12 11 13
4 3 6 5 4 5 3
14 25 17 15 22 13 11
9 8 8 22 17 10 23
32 41 38 48 62 67 41
18 27 29 32 45 46 43
521 504 540 675 696 636 673
ng and sex of victim

Apr 2014 to Mar Apr 2015 to Mar Apr 2016 to Mar Apr 2017 to Mar Apr 2018 to Mar Apr 2019 to Mar
Apr 2013 to Mar
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
2014
[note 16] [note 16] [note 20] [note 21] [note 16] [notes 13,16]
40 36 41 33 46 48 45
6 8 7 6 6 6 6
24 25 21 18 19 18 19
6 5 4 20 3 4 9
6 5 6 5 5 7 5
0 [x] [x] 0 3 [x] [x]
3 3 2 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 0 0 0 1
3 4 4 2 2 1 2
3 3 2 3 2 2 4
5 7 7 6 9 8 5
3 3 5 4 4 6 4
100 100 100 100 100 100 100
37 38 35 30 29 28 27
9 8 11 10 5 6 11
13 6 12 11 6 12 10
18 19 19 20 17 18 18
4 2 2 3 2 2 4
[x] [x] [x] [x] 10 [x] [x]
4 1 3 1 3 2 4
[x] [x] 2 2 1 1 [x]
2 6 [x] 2 6 4 2
[x] [x] [x] 3 3 0 2
8 10 8 11 8 16 9
4 10 6 8 11 10 14
100 100 100 100 100 100 100
39 37 39 32 40 41 40
7 8 8 7 5 6 7
20 18 19 17 15 16 17
10 10 9 20 7 9 12
6 4 5 5 4 5 4
0 [x] [x] 0 5 [x] [x]
3 2 2 1 2 2 2
1 1 1 1 1 1 0
3 5 3 2 3 2 2
2 2 1 3 2 2 3
6 8 7 7 9 11 6
3 5 5 5 6 7 6
100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Apr 2020 to
Mar 2021
[note 16]
183
15
87
10
31
0
6
8
11
16
26
23
416
52
17
20
17
4
0
2
2
5
4
26
28
177
235
32
107
27
35
0
8
10
16
20
52
52
594
Apr 2020 to
Mar 2021
[note 16]
44
4
21
2
7
[x]
1
2
3
4
6
6
100
29
10
11
10
2
[x]
1
1
3
2
15
16
100
40
5
18
5
6
[x]
1
2
3
3
9
9
100
Table 8: Number of offences currently recorded as homicide where the victim was aged 13 years to 19 years, by appare
Apr 2010 to Mar Apr 2011 to Apr 2012 to Apr 2013 to Apr 2014 to
Apparent method of killing
2011 Mar 2012 Mar 2013 Mar 2014 Mar 2015
Sharp instrument 23 21 20 22 26
Other 22 21 11 17 16
Total victims aged 13 to 19 45 42 31 39 42
ed 13 years to 19 years, by apparent method of killing [note 2]
Apr 2015 to Apr 2016 to Apr 2017 to Apr 2018 to Apr 2019 to Apr 2020 to
Mar 2016 Mar 2017 Mar 2018 Mar 2019 Mar 2020 Mar 2021
20 28 43 38 46 35
16 57 33 15 23 15
36 85 76 53 69 50
Table 9: Number of offences currently recorded as homicide by a sharp instrument, by age and sex of victim [notes 2,4]
Apr 2010 to Apr 2011 to Apr 2012 to Apr 2013 to Apr 2014 to
Sex of victim Age of victim
Mar 2011 Mar 2012 Mar 2013 Mar 2014 Mar 2015
Males Under 16 7 6 5 3 2
Males 16 to 17 7 5 9 8 7
Males 18 to 24 33 30 31 37 35
Males 25 to 34 32 38 33 28 19
Males 35 to 44 35 33 23 20 21
Males 45 to 54 22 14 27 19 15
Males 55 to 64 11 9 3 10 8
Males 65 to 74 3 5 6 7 6
Males 75 plus 4 3 0 3 3
Males Total 154 143 137 135 116
Females Under 16 7 4 4 1 4
Females 16 to 17 1 2 2 2 1
Females 18 to 24 7 16 7 10 9
Females 25 to 34 15 12 13 18 7
Females 35 to 44 23 11 9 12 12
Females 45 to 54 11 10 11 7 17
Females 55 to 64 7 7 6 6 11
Females 65 to 74 5 0 1 5 3
Females 75 plus 6 3 5 7 6
Females Total 82 65 58 68 70
All Under 16 14 10 9 4 6
All 16 to 17 8 7 11 10 8
All 18 to 24 40 46 38 47 44
All 25 to 34 47 50 46 46 26
All 35 to 44 58 44 32 32 33
All 45 to 54 33 24 38 26 32
All 55 to 64 18 16 9 16 19
All 65 to 74 8 5 7 12 9
All 75 plus 10 6 5 10 9
All [note 16] Total [note 16] 236 208 195 203 186
nd sex of victim [notes 2,4]
Apr 2019 to
Mar 2020
[note 16]
5 3 5 5 9 6
11 9 14 15 12 10
31 45 70 57 68 50
39 40 53 50 49 43
22 32 38 36 37 36
22 22 18 24 20 20
12 7 11 4 10 9
4 5 6 4 9 7
5 2 3 3 6 2
151 165 218 198 221 183
4 3 1 2 1 2
0 1 0 2 1 0
6 6 12 4 8 4
8 8 17 15 13 14
17 16 8 10 8 8
15 10 12 12 5 8
5 4 7 6 2 6
3 3 4 4 6 9
2 0 2 7 4 1
60 51 63 62 48 52
9 6 6 7 10 8
11 10 14 17 13 10
37 51 82 61 77 54
47 48 70 65 62 57
39 48 46 46 45 44
37 32 30 36 25 28
17 11 18 10 12 15
7 8 10 8 15 16
7 2 5 10 10 3
211 216 281 260 270 235
Table 10: Number of offences currently recorded as homicide by a sharp instrument, by age and ethnic appearance of victim [notes 2,4,17]

Ethnic appearance of victim Age of victim
White Under 16 9 5 7 2 3 6
White 16 to 17 3 3 5 4 3 3
White 18 to 24 25 27 26 24 24 17
White 25 to 34 33 36 29 28 16 38
White 35 to 44 50 32 27 22 20 32
White 45 to 54 23 16 31 20 26 26
White 55 to 64 16 13 9 14 16 13
White 65 to 74 8 5 7 9 8 6
White 75 plus 9 6 4 9 7 5
White Total 176 143 145 132 123 146
Black Under 16 4 3 2 1 2 3
Black 16 to 17 3 4 4 4 3 7
Black 18 to 24 4 11 8 15 15 18
Black 25 to 34 6 7 12 5 8 5
Black 35 to 44 2 4 2 4 6 4
Black 45 to 54 5 4 4 4 2 2
Black 55 to 64 1 1 0 1 1 2
Black 65 to 74 0 0 0 0 0 0
Black 75 plus 1 0 1 0 0 0
Black Total 26 34 33 34 37 41
Asian (Indian sub-continent) Under 16 1 0 0 1 0 0

Asian (Indian sub-continent) 75 plus 0 0 0 1 1 1
Other [19] Under 16 0 1 0 0 0 0

Other [19] 16 to 17 0 0 2 0 0 1
Other [19] 18 to 24 4 2 2 3 2 1
Other [19] 25 to 34 2 0 0 2 1 1
Other [19] 35 to 44 0 2 0 0 1 3
Other [19] 45 to 54 2 2 1 0 2 1
Other [19] 55 to 64 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other [19] 65 to 74 0 0 0 1 0 0
Other [19] 75 plus 0 0 0 0 1 0
Other [19] Total 8 7 5 6 7 7
Not known/not recorded Under 16 0 1 0 0 1 0

Not known/not recorded 75 plus 0 0 0 0 0 1

Total all ethnicities Total [note 16] 236 208 195 203 186 211
ce of victim [notes 2,4,17]
Apr 2019 to
Mar 2020
Mar 2017 Mar 2018 Mar 2019 Mar 2021
[note 16]
5 4 2 2 3
3 2 5 4 2
20 38 20 29 24
30 48 48 33 31
31 33 32 27 32
24 25 31 18 23
10 16 7 10 7
6 8 6 12 15
2 5 9 10 3
131 179 160 145 140
1 2 5 5 1
5 11 9 7 6
19 29 27 36 19
10 18 7 15 20
8 6 9 8 3
4 0 1 3 4
0 1 1 0 4
1 0 1 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
48 67 60 74 57
0 0 0 2 3
2 1 1 0 1
7 8 5 7 9
6 2 5 9 6
5 6 4 7 7
1 3 1 4 0
1 0 1 2 0
1 2 0 2 0
0 0 1 0 0
23 22 18 33 26
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 1 2 1
3 7 6 4 0
1 1 4 4 0
3 1 1 1 1
2 1 2 0 1
0 0 1 0 3
0 0 0 1 1
0 0 0 0 0
9 10 15 12 7
0 0 0 1 1
0 0 1 0 0
2 0 3 1 2
1 1 1 1 0
1 0 0 2 1
1 1 1 0 0
0 1 0 0 1
0 0 1 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
5 3 7 6 5
6 6 7 10 8
10 14 17 13 10
51 82 61 77 54
48 70 65 62 57
48 46 46 45 44
32 30 36 25 28
11 18 10 12 15
8 10 8 15 16
2 5 10 10 3
216 281 260 270 235
Table 11: Number of offences currently recorded as homicide by whether a firearm was used and wheth

Unlicensed Unknown if
Licensed firearm No firearm
Year firearm licensed firearm
[note 25] involved
[note 25] [note 25]
Apr 2010 to Mar 2011 [note 10] 14 28 17 573
Apr 2011 to Mar 2012 8 27 5 485
Apr 2012 to Mar 2013 3 24 2 513
Apr 2013 to Mar 2014 3 17 8 493
Apr 2014 to Mar 2015 4 12 2 486
Apr 2015 to Mar 2016 1 18 6 515
Apr 2016 to Mar 2017 2 29 1 643
Apr 2017 to Mar 2018 4 19 3 670
Apr 2018 to Mar 2019 1 26 4 605
Apr 2019 to Mar 2020 7 15 5 646
Apr 2020 to Mar 2021 2 30 3 559
was used and whether it was licensed [notes 2,4,24]
Total homicides
632
525
542
521
504
540
675
696
636
673
594
Worksheet 12: Number and percentage of offences currently recorded as homicide for all victims, by relationship of victim to principal suspect an
Table 12a: Number of offences currently recorded as homicide for all victims, by relationship of victim to principal suspect and sex of victim
Sex of victim Victim acquainted with suspect Relationship with principal suspect
Male Victim acquainted with suspect Son or daughter
Male Victim acquainted with suspect Parent
Male Victim acquainted with suspect Partner/ex-partner
Male Victim acquainted with suspect Other family
Male Victim acquainted with suspect Friend/acquaintance
Male Victim acquainted with suspect Other [note 26]
Male Victim acquainted with suspect Total
Male Victim not known to be acquainted with suspect Stranger
Male Victim not known to be acquainted with suspect Relationship not known
Male Victim not known to be acquainted with suspect No suspect charged [notes 27,43]
Male Victim not known to be acquainted with suspect Total
Male Total Total
Female Victim acquainted with suspect Son or daughter

Female Victim acquainted with suspect Parent
Female Victim acquainted with suspect Partner/ex-partner
Female Victim acquainted with suspect Other family
Female Victim acquainted with suspect Friend/acquaintance
Female Victim acquainted with suspect Other [note 26]
Female Victim acquainted with suspect Total
Female Victim not known to be acquainted with suspect Stranger
Female Victim not known to be acquainted with suspect Relationship not known
Female Victim not known to be acquainted with suspect No suspect charged [notes 27,43]
Female Victim not known to be acquainted with suspect Total
Female Total Total
All victims Victim acquainted with suspect Son or daughter

All victims Victim acquainted with suspect Parent
All victims Victim acquainted with suspect Partner/ex-partner
All victims Victim acquainted with suspect Other family
All victims Victim acquainted with suspect Friend/acquaintance
All victims Victim acquainted with suspect Other [note 26]
All victims Victim acquainted with suspect Total
All victims Victim not known to be acquainted with suspect Stranger
All victims Victim not known to be acquainted with suspect Relationship not known
All victims Victim not known to be acquainted with suspect No suspect charged [notes 27,43]
All victims Victim not known to be acquainted with suspect Total
All victims Total Total [note 16]

Table 12b: Percentage of offences currently recorded as homicide for all victims, by relationship of victim to principal suspect and sex of victim
Sex of victim Victim acquainted with suspect Relationship with principal suspect
Male Victim acquainted with suspect Parent
Male Victim acquainted with suspect Partner/ex-partner
Male Victim acquainted with suspect Other family
Male Victim acquainted with suspect Friend/acquaintance
Male Victim acquainted with suspect Other [note 26]

Male Total Total

Female Victim acquainted with suspect Parent
Female Victim acquainted with suspect Partner/ex-partner
Female Victim acquainted with suspect Other family
Female Victim acquainted with suspect Friend/acquaintance
Female Victim acquainted with suspect Other [note 26]
Female Total Total

All victims Victim acquainted with suspect Parent
All victims Victim acquainted with suspect Partner/ex-partner
All victims Victim acquainted with suspect Other family
All victims Victim acquainted with suspect Friend/acquaintance
All victims Victim acquainted with suspect Other [note 26]
All victims Total Total [note 16]

p of victim to principal suspect and sex of victim [notes 2,4]
found on the notes worksheet.
pal suspect and sex of victim

Apr 2011 to Mar Apr 2014 to Mar Apr 2015 to Mar Apr 2018 to Mar
2012 2015 2016 2019
2011 2013 2014 2017 2018
[note 16] [note 16] [note 16] [note 16]
23 18 24 12 22 9 22 16 11
10 9 7 7 11 12 5 7 4
15 10 13 16 11 17 13 9 15
12 11 7 9 11 7 12 7 12
156 108 104 106 85 94 109 116 109
44 39 35 46 41 41 40 42 56
260 195 190 196 181 180 201 197 207
66 73 78 67 57 63 66 105 72
28 28 33 27 21 34 39 41 27
78 58 74 47 60 92 197 135 110
172 159 185 141 138 189 302 281 209
432 354 375 337 319 369 503 478 416
13 13 19 21 15 13 10 14 18
16 9 17 18 13 11 3 14 13
98 88 78 85 83 76 79 68 89
7 10 7 10 5 10 7 10 7
21 17 10 10 10 14 14 18 18
8 6 1 7 8 10 1 10 8
163 143 132 151 134 134 114 134 153
16 9 12 10 11 6 11 33 10
4 10 3 2 4 8 5 6 5
17 8 20 21 35 22 42 45 51
37 27 35 33 50 36 58 84 66
200 170 167 184 184 170 172 218 219
36 31 43 33 37 22 32 30 29
26 18 24 25 24 23 8 21 17
113 98 91 101 94 93 92 77 104
19 21 14 19 16 17 19 17 19
177 125 114 116 95 108 123 134 127
52 45 36 53 49 51 41 52 64
423 338 322 347 315 314 315 331 360
82 82 90 77 68 69 77 138 82
32 38 36 29 25 42 44 47 32
95 67 94 68 96 115 239 180 162
209 187 220 174 189 226 360 365 276
632 525 542 521 504 540 675 696 636

spect and sex of victim
2012 2015 2016 2019
2011 2013 2014 2017 2018
[note 16] [note 16] [note 16] [note 16]
5 5 6 4 7 2 4 3 3
2 3 2 2 3 3 1 1 1
3 3 3 5 3 5 3 2 4
3 3 2 3 3 2 2 1 3
36 31 28 31 27 25 22 24 26
10 11 9 14 13 11 8 9 13
60 55 51 58 57 49 40 41 50
15 21 21 20 18 17 13 22 17
6 8 9 8 7 9 8 9 6
18 16 20 14 19 25 39 28 26
40 45 49 42 43 51 60 59 50
100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
7 8 11 11 8 8 6 6 8
8 5 10 10 7 6 2 6 6
49 52 47 46 45 45 46 31 41
4 6 4 5 3 6 4 5 3
11 10 6 5 5 8 8 8 8
4 4 1 4 4 6 1 5 4
82 84 79 82 73 79 66 61 70
8 5 7 5 6 4 6 15 5
2 6 2 1 2 5 3 3 2
9 5 12 11 19 13 24 21 23
19 16 21 18 27 21 34 39 30
100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
6 6 8 6 7 4 5 4 5
4 3 4 5 5 4 1 3 3
18 19 17 19 19 17 14 11 16
3 4 3 4 3 3 3 2 3
28 24 21 22 19 20 18 19 20
8 9 7 10 10 9 6 7 10
67 64 59 67 63 58 47 48 57
13 16 17 15 13 13 11 20 13
5 7 7 6 5 8 7 7 5
15 13 17 13 19 21 35 26 25
33 36 41 33 38 42 53 52 43
100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

2020 2021
[note 16] [note 16]
11 13
13 13
10 10
13 17
113 102
46 30
206 185
126 69
44 41
119 121
289 231
495 416
5 15
18 11
64 57
3 4
17 10
5 9
112 106
22 9
4 4
39 58
65 71
177 177
16 28
31 24
74 67
16 21
131 112
51 39
319 291
148 78
48 45
158 180
354 303
673 594
2020 2021
[note 16] [note 16]
2 3
3 3
2 2
3 4
23 25
9 7
42 44
25 17
9 10
24 29
58 56
100 100
3 8
10 6
36 32
2 2
10 6
3 5
63 60
12 5
2 2
22 33
37 40
100 100
2 5
5 4
11 11
2 4
19 19
8 7
47 49
22 13
7 8
23 30
53 51
100 100
Worksheet 13: Number and percentage of offences currently recorded as homicide for vi
This worksheet contains two tables displayed vertically with one row between each table. Some cells re
Table 13a: Number of offences currently recorded as homicide for victims aged 16 and over, by
Sex of victim Victim acquainted with suspect

Male Victim acquainted with suspect

Male Victim not known to be acquainted with suspect

Male Total
Female Victim acquainted with suspect


Female Victim not known to be acquainted with suspect

Female Total
All victims Victim acquainted with suspect


All victims Victim not known to be acquainted with suspect

All victims Total
Table 13b: Percentage of offences currently recorded as homicide for victims aged 16 and over,
Sex of victim Victim acquainted with suspect



Male Total



Female Total


All victims Total

orded as homicide for victims aged 16 and over, by relationship of victim to principal suspect and
n each table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found on the notes worksheet.
ms aged 16 and over, by relationship of victim to principal suspect and sex of victim

Mar 2011 Mar 2012 Mar 2013
Relationship to principal suspect
Son or daughter 1 1 2
Parent 10 9 7
Partner/ex-partner 15 10 13
Other family 10 11 6
Total domestic homicides [note 28] 36 31 28
Friend/acquaintance 153 107 101

Other [note 26] 43 39 34
Total 232 177 163
Stranger 64 72 76
Relationship not known 28 26 30

No suspect charged [notes 27,43] 74 56 68
Total 166 154 174
Total 398 331 337
Parent 16 9 17
Other family 6 10 5
Total domestic homicides 120 107 100
Other [note 26] 8 6 1
Total 149 129 111
Stranger 13 8 12

Total 29 18 28
Total 178 147 139
Parent 26 18 24
Other family 16 21 11

Other [note 26] 51 45 35
Total 381 306 274
Stranger 77 80 88

Total 195 172 202
Total [note 16] 576 478 476
victims aged 16 and over, by relationship of victim to principal suspect and sex of victim
Mar 2011 Mar 2012 Mar 2013
Relationship to principal suspect
Parent 3 3 2
Other family 3 3 2
Total domestic homicides [note 28] 9 9 8
Other [note 26] 11 12 10
Total 58 53 48
Stranger 16 22 23

Total 42 47 52
Total 100 100 100
Parent 9 6 12
Other family 3 7 4
Total 84 88 80
Stranger 7 5 9

Total 16 12 20
Total 100 100 100
Parent 5 4 5
Other family 3 4 2
Total 66 64 58
Stranger 13 17 18
Total 34 36 42
Total [note 16] 100 100 100

ncipal suspect and sex of victim [notes 2,4]
Apr 2015 to
Mar 2016
Mar 2014 Mar 2015 Mar 2017 Mar 2018
[note 16]
3 1 2 1 1
7 11 12 5 7
16 11 17 13 9
8 9 7 10 7
34 32 38 29 24
105 85 94 106 113

46 40 40 40 39
185 157 172 175 176
65 56 63 66 105
27 21 33 39 39
40 54 85 181 129
132 131 181 286 273
317 288 353 461 449
4 3 0 1 1
18 13 11 3 14
84 83 76 79 68
9 4 9 5 9
115 103 96 88 92
10 9 14 14 14
7 8 10 1 9
132 120 120 103 115
9 10 4 9 25
2 4 7 4 6
16 28 21 35 35
27 42 32 48 66
159 162 152 151 181
7 4 2 2 2
25 24 23 8 21
100 94 93 92 77
17 13 16 15 16
149 135 134 117 116
115 94 108 120 127

53 48 50 41 48
317 277 292 278 291
74 66 67 75 130
29 25 40 43 45
56 82 106 216 164
159 173 213 334 339
476 450 505 612 630
Apr 2015 to
Mar 2016
Mar 2014 Mar 2015 Mar 2017 Mar 2018
[note 16]
1 0 1 0 0
2 4 3 1 2
5 4 5 3 2
3 3 2 2 2
11 11 11 6 5
33 30 27 23 25
15 14 11 9 9
58 55 49 38 39
21 19 18 14 23
9 7 9 8 9
13 19 24 39 29
42 45 51 62 61
100 100 100 100 100
3 2 0 1 1
11 8 7 2 8
53 51 50 52 38
6 2 6 3 5
72 64 63 58 51
6 6 9 9 8
4 5 7 1 5
83 74 79 68 64
6 6 3 6 14
1 2 5 3 3
10 17 14 23 19
17 26 21 32 36
100 100 100 100 100
1 1 0 0 0
5 5 5 1 3
21 21 18 15 12
4 3 3 2 3
31 30 27 19 18
24 21 21 20 20
11 11 10 7 8
67 62 58 45 46
16 15 13 12 21
6 6 8 7 7
12 18 21 35 26
33 38 42 55 54
100 100 100 100 100

Apr 2018 to
Mar 2020 Mar 2021
Mar 2019
[note 16] [note 16]
1 0 0
4 13 13
15 10 10
9 13 16
29 36 39
107 110 99
51 44 30
187 190 168
68 121 68
26 43 40
102 107 105
196 271 213
383 461 381
0 1 3
13 18 11
89 64 57
7 2 4
109 85 75
16 17 9
5 5 9
130 107 93
10 21 9
4 4 4
45 35 47
59 60 60
189 167 153
1 1 3
17 31 24
104 74 67
16 15 20
138 121 114
123 128 108

56 49 39
317 298 261
78 142 77
30 47 44
147 142 152
255 331 273
572 629 534

Apr 2018 to
Mar 2020 Mar 2021
Mar 2019
[note 16] [note 16]
0 0 0
1 3 3
4 2 3
2 3 4
8 8 10
28 24 26
13 10 8
49 41 44
18 26 18
7 9 10
27 23 28
51 59 56
100 100 100
0 1 2
7 11 7
47 38 37
4 1 3
58 51 49
8 10 6
3 3 6
69 64 61
5 13 6
2 2 3
24 21 31
31 36 39
100 100 100
0 0 1
3 5 4
18 12 13
3 2 4
24 19 21
22 20 20
10 8 7
55 47 49
14 23 14
5 7 8
26 23 28
45 53 51
100 100 100

Worksheet 14: Number and percentage of offences currently recorded as homicide for victims aged under 16, by relationship of victim to pri

Table 14a: Number of offences currently recorded as homicide for victims aged under 16, by relationship of victim to principal suspect and sex of victim
Sex of victim Victim acquainted with suspect Relationship to principal suspect

Male Victim acquainted with suspect Other family/friend/acquaintance
Male Total Total

Female Victim acquainted with suspect Other family/friend/acquaintance
Female Total Total

All victims Victim acquainted with suspect Other family/friend/acquaintance
All victims Total Total [notes 4,16]
Table 14b: Percentage of offences currently recorded as homicide for victims aged under 16, by relationship of victim to principal suspect and sex of vic
Sex of victim Victim acquainted with suspect Relationship to principal suspect

Male Victim acquainted with suspect Other family/friend/acquaintance
Male Total Total

Female Victim acquainted with suspect Other family/friend/acquaintance
Female Total Total

All victims Victim acquainted with suspect Other family/friend/acquaintance
All victims Total Total [notes 4,16]
by relationship of victim to principal suspect and sex of victim [notes 2,4]
found on the notes worksheet.
ncipal suspect and sex of victim

Mar 2012 Mar 2015 Mar 2019
[note 16] [note 16] [note 16]
22 17 22 9 21 7 21 15 10
6 1 5 2 3 1 5 6 10
28 18 27 11 24 8 26 21 20
2 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 4
0 2 3 0 0 1 0 2 1
4 2 6 7 6 7 16 6 8
6 5 11 9 7 8 16 8 13
34 23 38 20 31 16 42 29 33
12 13 18 17 12 13 9 13 18
2 1 3 2 2 1 2 6 5
14 14 21 19 14 14 11 19 23
3 1 0 1 1 2 2 8 0
1 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 1
4 4 5 5 7 1 7 10 6
8 9 7 6 8 4 10 18 7
22 23 28 25 22 18 21 37 30
34 30 40 26 33 20 30 28 28
8 2 8 4 5 2 7 12 15
42 32 48 30 38 22 37 40 43
5 2 2 3 2 2 2 8 4
1 6 5 0 0 2 1 2 2
8 7 11 12 14 8 23 16 15
14 15 18 15 16 12 26 26 21
56 47 66 45 54 34 63 66 64
principal suspect and sex of victim

Mar 2012 Mar 2015 Mar 2019
[note 16] [note 16] [note 16]
65 74 58 45 68 44 50 52 30
18 4 13 10 10 6 12 21 30
82 78 71 55 77 50 62 72 61
6 4 5 10 3 [x[ [x[ [x[ 12
[x[ 9 8 [x[ [x[ 6 [x[ 7 3

12 9 16 35 19 44 38 21 24
18 22 29 45 23 50 38 28 39
100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
55 57 64 68 55 72 43 35 60
9 4 11 8 9 6 10 16 17
64 61 75 76 64 78 52 51 77
14 4 [x[ 4 5 11 10 22 [x[
5 17 7 [x[ [x[ 6 5 [x[ 3
18 17 18 20 32 6 33 27 20
36 39 25 24 36 22 48 49 23
100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
61 64 61 58 61 59 48 42 44
14 4 12 9 9 6 11 18 23
75 68 73 67 70 65 59 61 67
9 4 3 7 4 6 3 12 6
2 13 8 [x[ [x[ 6 2 3 3
14 15 17 27 26 24 37 24 23
25 32 27 33 30 35 41 39 33
100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Mar 2020 Mar 2021
11 13
5 4
16 17
5 1
1 1
11 16
17 18
33 35
4 12
1 1
5 13
1 0
0 0
4 11
5 11
10 24
15 25
6 5
21 30
6 1
1 1
15 27
22 29
43 59

Mar 2020 Mar 2021
33 37
15 11
48 49
15 3
3 3
33 46
52 51
100 100
40 50
10 4
50 54
10 [x[
[x[ [x[
40 46
50 46
100 100
35 42
14 8
49 51
14 2
2 2
35 46
51 49
100 100
Worksheet 15: Number and percentage of offences currently recorded as homicide, by apparent circumstances and relationship of victim to principal

Table 15a: Number of offences currently recorded as homicide, by apparent circumstances and relationship of victim to principal suspect
Apr 2010 to
Relationship of victim to principal suspect Apparent circumstances [note 29]
Mar 2011
Victim acquainted with suspect Quarrel, revenge or loss of temper 239

Victim acquainted with suspect In furtherance of theft or gain 17
Victim acquainted with suspect Attributed to acts of terrorism [note 30] 0
Victim acquainted with suspect While attempting to restrain or arrest individual [note 31] 0
Victim acquainted with suspect The result of offences of arson 5
Victim acquainted with suspect Other circumstances [note 32] 58
Victim acquainted with suspect Irrational act [note 33] 37
Victim acquainted with suspect Not known [note 34] 67
Victim acquainted with suspect Total 423
Victim not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] Quarrel, revenge or loss of temper 74
Victim not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] In furtherance of theft or gain 18
Victim not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] Attributed to acts of terrorism [note 30] 0
Victim not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] While attempting to restrain or arrest individual [note 31] 0
Victim not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] The result of offences of arson 7
Victim not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] Other circumstances [notes 13,20,32] 39
Victim not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] Irrational act [note 33] 3
Victim not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] Not known [note 34] 68
Victim not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] Total 209
All Quarrel, revenge or loss of temper 313

All In furtherance of theft or gain 35
All Attributed to acts of terrorism [note 30] 0
All While attempting to restrain or arrest individual [note 31] 0
All The result of offences of arson 12
All Other circumstances [notes 13,20,32] 97
All Irrational act [note 33] 40
All Not known [note 34] 135
All Total 632
Appendix Table 15b: Percentage of offences currently recorded as homicide, by apparent circumstances and relationship of victim to principal suspect
Apr 2010 to
Relationship of victim to principal suspect Apparent circumstances [note 31]
Mar 2011
Victim acquainted with suspect Quarrel, revenge or loss of temper 57

Victim acquainted with suspect In furtherance of theft or gain 4
Victim acquainted with suspect Attributed to acts of terrorism [note 30] [x]
Victim acquainted with suspect While attempting to restrain or arrest individual [note 31] [x]
Victim acquainted with suspect The result of offences of arson 1
Victim acquainted with suspect Other circumstances [note 32] 14
Victim acquainted with suspect Irrational act [note 33] 9
Victim acquainted with suspect Not known [note 34] 16
Victim acquainted with suspect Total 100
Victim not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] Quarrel, revenge or loss of temper 35
Victim not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] In furtherance of theft or gain 9
Victim not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] Attributed to acts of terrorism [note 30] [x]
Victim not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] While attempting to restrain or arrest individual [note 31] [x]
Victim not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] The result of offences of arson 3
Victim not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] Other circumstances [notes 13,20,32] 19
Victim not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] Irrational act [note 33] 1
Victim not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] Not known [note 34] 33
Victim not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] Total 100
All Quarrel, revenge or loss of temper 50

All In furtherance of theft or gain 6
All Attributed to acts of terrorism [note 30] [x]
All While attempting to restrain or arrest individual [note 31] [x]
All The result of offences of arson 2
All Other circumstances [notes 13,20,32] 15
All Irrational act [note 33] 6
All Not known [note 34] 21
All Total 100
nd relationship of victim to principal suspect [notes 2,4]
und on the notes worksheet.
ctim to principal suspect
Apr 2011 to Mar Apr 2012 to Mar Apr 2013 to Mar Apr 2014 to Mar Apr 2015 to Mar Apr 2016 to Mar Apr 2017 to Mar Apr 2018 to Mar Apr 2019 to Mar
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
221 190 193 177 182 210 230 232 200

24 22 21 12 18 16 26 25 24
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 9 2 3 3 0 3 3 4
29 34 50 53 47 36 43 53 38
24 29 36 35 29 21 18 26 20
34 38 45 35 35 32 11 21 33
338 322 347 315 314 315 331 360 319
93 87 65 71 93 116 143 125 149

22 17 21 12 9 16 26 24 20
0 0 2 0 1 5 32 0 2
0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
5 6 6 0 5 6 5 5 3
22 51 38 62 61 156 73 59 108
8 8 5 2 6 7 9 11 11
37 49 37 42 51 54 76 52 58
187 220 174 189 226 360 365 276 354
314 277 258 248 275 326 373 357 349

46 39 42 24 27 32 52 49 44
0 0 2 0 1 5 32 0 2
0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
11 15 8 3 8 6 8 8 7
51 85 88 115 108 192 116 112 146
32 37 41 37 35 28 27 37 31
71 87 82 77 86 86 87 73 91
525 542 521 504 540 675 696 636 673
of victim to principal suspect
Apr 2011 to Mar Apr 2012 to Mar Apr 2013 to Mar Apr 2014 to Mar Apr 2015 to Mar Apr 2016 to Mar Apr 2017 to Mar Apr 2018 to Mar Apr 2019 to Mar
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
65 59 56 56 58 67 69 64 63
7 7 6 4 6 5 8 7 8
[x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x]
[x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x]
2 3 1 1 1 [x] 1 1 1
9 11 14 17 15 11 13 15 12
7 9 10 11 9 7 5 7 6
10 12 13 11 11 10 3 6 10
100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
50 40 37 38 41 32 39 45 42
12 8 12 6 4 4 7 9 6
[x] [x] 1 [x] 0 1 9 [x] 1
[x] 1 [x] [x] [x] [x] 0 [x] 1
3 3 3 [x] 2 2 1 2 1
12 23 22 33 27 43 20 21 31
4 4 3 1 3 2 2 4 3
20 22 21 22 23 15 21 19 16
100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
60 51 50 49 51 48 54 56 52
9 7 8 5 5 5 7 8 7
[x] [x] 0 [x] 0 1 5 [x] 0
[x] 0 [x] [x] [x] [x] 0 [x] 0
2 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
10 16 17 23 20 28 17 18 22
6 7 8 7 6 4 4 6 5
14 16 16 15 16 13 13 11 14
100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Apr 2020 to Mar
2021
196
11
0
0
0
24
25
35
291
124
14
0
0
1
72
13
79
303
320
25
0
0
1
96
38
114
594
Apr 2020 to Mar
2021
67
4
[x]
[x]
[x]
8
9
12
100
41
5
[x]
[x]
0
24
4
26
100
54
4
[x]
[x]
0
16
6
19
100
Worksheet 16: Number and percentage of offences currently recorded as homicide, by apparent circumstances, relationship of victim to principal suspect and sex of victim [notes 2,4]

Table 16a: Number of offences currently recorded as homicide, by apparent circumstances, relationship of victim to principal suspect and sex of victim
Relationship of victim to principal suspect and sex of victim Apparent circumstances [29]
2011 2012 2013
Female victims acquainted with suspect Quarrel, revenge or loss of temper 89 100 84
Female victims acquainted with suspect In furtherance of theft or gain 7 5 4
Female victims acquainted with suspect Attributed to acts of terrorism [note 30] 0 0 0
Female victims acquainted with suspect While attempting to restrain or arrest individual [note 31] 0 0 0
Female victims acquainted with suspect The result of offences of arson 2 3 4
Female victims acquainted with suspect Other circumstances [note 32] 18 9 6
Female victims acquainted with suspect Irrational act [note 33] 22 13 16
Female victims acquainted with suspect Not known [note 34] 25 13 18
Female victims acquainted with suspect Total 163 143 132
Male victims acquainted with suspect Quarrel, revenge or loss of temper 150 121 106
Male victims acquainted with suspect In furtherance of theft or gain 10 19 18
Male victims acquainted with suspect Attributed to acts of terrorism [note 30] 0 0 0
Male victims acquainted with suspect While attempting to restrain or arrest individual [note 31] 0 0 0
Male victims acquainted with suspect The result of offences of arson 3 3 5
Male victims acquainted with suspect Other circumstances [note 32] 40 20 28
Male victims acquainted with suspect Irrational act [note 33] 15 11 13
Male victims acquainted with suspect Not known [note 34] 42 21 20
Male victims acquainted with suspect Total 260 195 190
All victims acquainted with suspect [note 36] Quarrel, revenge or loss of temper 239 221 190
All victims acquainted with suspect [note 36] In furtherance of theft or gain 17 24 22
All victims acquainted with suspect [note 36] Attributed to acts of terrorism [note 30] 0 0 0
All victims acquainted with suspect [note 36] While attempting to restrain or arrest individual [note 31] 0 0 0
All victims acquainted with suspect [note 36] The result of offences of arson 5 6 9
All victims acquainted with suspect [note 36] Other circumstances [note 32] 58 29 34
All victims acquainted with suspect [note 36] Irrational act [note 33] 37 24 29
All victims acquainted with suspect [note 36] Not known [note 34] 67 34 38
All victims acquainted with suspect [note 36] Total 423 338 322
Female victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] Quarrel, revenge or loss of temper 5 3 1
Female victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] In furtherance of theft or gain 0 4 6
Female victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] Attributed to acts of terrorism [note 30] 0 0 0
Female victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] While attempting to restrain or arrest individual [note 31] 0 0 2
Female victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] The result of offences of arson 6 3 2
Female victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] Other circumstances [note 32] 10 4 11
Female victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] Irrational act [note 33] 1 4 2
Female victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] Not known [note 34] 15 9 11
Female victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] Total 37 27 35
Male victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] Quarrel, revenge or loss of temper 69 89 86
Male victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] In furtherance of theft or gain 18 18 11
Male victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] Attributed to acts of terrorism [note 30] 0 0 0
Male victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] While attempting to restrain or arrest individual [note 31] 0 0 0
Male victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] The result of offences of arson 1 2 4
Male victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] Other circumstances [note 32] 29 18 40
Male victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] Irrational act [note 33] 2 4 6
Male victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] Not known [note 34] 53 28 38
Male victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] Total 172 159 185
All victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [notes 35,36] Quarrel, revenge or loss of temper 74 93 87
All victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [notes 35,36] In furtherance of theft or gain 18 22 17
All victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [notes 35,36] Attributed to acts of terrorism [note 30] 0 0 0
All victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [notes 35,36] While attempting to restrain or arrest individual [note 31] 0 0 2
All victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [notes 35,36] The result of offences of arson 7 5 6
All victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [notes 35,36] Other circumstances [note 32] 39 22 51
All victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [notes 35,36] Irrational act [note 33] 3 8 8
All victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [notes 35,36] Not known [note 34] 68 37 49
All victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [notes 35,36] Total 209 187 220
All female victims Quarrel, revenge or loss of temper 94 103 85

All female victims In furtherance of theft or gain 7 9 10
All female victims Attributed to acts of terrorism [note 30] 0 0 0
All female victims While attempting to restrain or arrest individual [note 31] 0 0 2
All female victims The result of offences of arson 8 6 6
All female victims Other circumstances [note 32] 28 13 17
All female victims Irrational act [note 33] 23 17 18
All female victims Not known [note 34] 40 22 29
All female victims Total 200 170 167
All Male victims Quarrel, revenge or loss of temper 219 210 192
All Male victims In furtherance of theft or gain 28 37 29
All Male victims Attributed to acts of terrorism [note 30] 0 0 0
All Male victims While attempting to restrain or arrest individual [note 31] 0 0 0
All Male victims The result of offences of arson 4 5 9
All Male victims Other circumstances [note 32] 69 38 68
All Male victims Irrational act [note 33] 17 15 19
All Male victims Not known [note 34] 95 49 58
All Male victims Total 432 354 375
All victims [note 36] Quarrel, revenge or loss of temper 313 314 277
All victims [note 36] In furtherance of theft or gain 35 46 39
All victims [note 36] Attributed to acts of terrorism [note 30] 0 0 0
All victims [note 36] While attempting to restrain or arrest individual [note 31] 0 0 2
All victims [note 36] The result of offences of arson 12 11 15
All victims [note 36] Other circumstances [note 32] 97 51 85
All victims [note 36] Irrational act [note 33] 40 32 37
All victims [note 36] Not known [note 34] 135 71 87
All victims [note 36] Total 632 525 542
Table 16b: Percentage of offences currently recorded as homicide, by apparent circumstances, relationship of victim to principal suspect and sex of victim
Relationship of victim to principal suspect and sex of victim Apparent circumstances [29]
2011 2012 2013
Female victims acquainted with suspect Quarrel, revenge or loss of temper 55 70 64

Female victims acquainted with suspect In furtherance of theft or gain 4 3 3
Female victims acquainted with suspect Attributed to acts of terrorism [note 30] [x] [x] [x]
Female victims acquainted with suspect While attempting to restrain or arrest individual [note 31] [x] [x] [x]
Female victims acquainted with suspect The result of offences of arson 1 2 3
Female victims acquainted with suspect Other circumstances [note 32] 11 6 5
Female victims acquainted with suspect Irrational act [note 33] 13 9 12
Female victims acquainted with suspect Not known [note 34] 15 9 14
Female victims acquainted with suspect Total 100 100 100
Male victims acquainted with suspect Quarrel, revenge or loss of temper 58 62 56

Male victims acquainted with suspect In furtherance of theft or gain 4 10 9
Male victims acquainted with suspect Attributed to acts of terrorism [note 30] [x] [x] [x]
Male victims acquainted with suspect While attempting to restrain or arrest individual [note 31] [x] [x] [x]
Male victims acquainted with suspect The result of offences of arson 1 2 3
Male victims acquainted with suspect Other circumstances [note 32] 15 10 15
Male victims acquainted with suspect Irrational act [note 33] 6 6 7
Male victims acquainted with suspect Not known [note 34] 16 11 11
Male victims acquainted with suspect Total 100 100 100
All victims acquainted with suspect [note 36] Quarrel, revenge or loss of temper 57 65 59
All victims acquainted with suspect [note 36] In furtherance of theft or gain 4 7 7
All victims acquainted with suspect [note 36] Attributed to acts of terrorism [note 30] [x] [x] [x]
All victims acquainted with suspect [note 36] While attempting to restrain or arrest individual [note 31] [x] [x] [x]
All victims acquainted with suspect [note 36] The result of offences of arson 1 2 3
All victims acquainted with suspect [note 36] Other circumstances [note 32] 14 9 11
All victims acquainted with suspect [note 36] Irrational act [note 33] 9 7 9
All victims acquainted with suspect [note 36] Not known [note 34] 16 10 12
All victims acquainted with suspect [note 36] Total 100 100 100
Female victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] Quarrel, revenge or loss of temper 14 11 3
Female victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] In furtherance of theft or gain [x] 15 17
Female victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] Attributed to acts of terrorism [note 30] [x] [x] [x]
Female victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] While attempting to restrain or arrest individual [note 31] [x] [x] 6
Female victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] The result of offences of arson 16 11 6
Female victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] Other circumstances [note 32] 27 15 31
Female victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] Irrational act [note 33] 3 15 6
Female victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] Not known [note 34] 41 33 31
Female victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] Total 100 100 100
Male victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] Quarrel, revenge or loss of temper 40 56 46
Male victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] In furtherance of theft or gain 10 11 6
Male victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] Attributed to acts of terrorism [note 30] [x] [x] [x]
Male victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] While attempting to restrain or arrest individual [note 31] [x] [x] [x]
Male victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] The result of offences of arson 1 1 2
Male victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] Other circumstances [note 32] 17 11 22
Male victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] Irrational act [note 33] 1 3 3
Male victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] Not known [note 34] 31 18 21
Male victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [note 35] Total 100 100 100
All victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [notes 35,36] Quarrel, revenge or loss of temper 35 50 40
All victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [notes 35,36] In furtherance of theft or gain 9 12 8
All victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [notes 35,36] Attributed to acts of terrorism [note 30] [x] [x] [x]
All victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [notes 35,36] While attempting to restrain or arrest individual [note 31] [x] [x] 1
All victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [notes 35,36] The result of offences of arson 3 3 3
All victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [notes 35,36] Other circumstances [note 32] 19 12 23
All victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [notes 35,36] Irrational act [note 33] 1 4 4
All victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [notes 35,36] Not known [note 34] 33 20 22
All victims not known to be acquainted with suspect [notes 35,36] Total 100 100 100
All female victims Quarrel, revenge or loss of temper 47 61 51

All female victims In furtherance of theft or gain 4 5 6
All female victims Attributed to acts of terrorism [note 30] [x] [x] [x]
All female victims While attempting to restrain or arrest individual [note 31] [x] [x] 1
All female victims The result of offences of arson 4 4 4
All female victims Other circumstances [note 32] 14 8 10
All female victims Irrational act [note 33] 12 10 11
All female victims Not known [note 34] 20 13 17
All female victims Total 100 100 100
All Male victims Quarrel, revenge or loss of temper 51 59 51

All Male victims In furtherance of theft or gain 6 10 8
All Male victims Attributed to acts of terrorism [note 30] [x] [x] [x]
All Male victims While attempting to restrain or arrest individual [note 31] [x] [x] [x]
All Male victims The result of offences of arson 1 1 2
All Male victims Other circumstances [note 32] 16 11 18
All Male victims Irrational act [note 33] 4 4 5
All Male victims Not known [note 34] 22 14 15
All Male victims Total 100 100 100
All victims [note 36] Quarrel, revenge or loss of temper 50 60 51

All victims [note 36] In furtherance of theft or gain 6 9 7
All victims [note 36] Attributed to acts of terrorism [note 30] [x] [x] [x]
All victims [note 36] While attempting to restrain or arrest individual [note 31] [x] [x] 0
All victims [note 36] The result of offences of arson 2 2 3
All victims [note 36] Other circumstances [note 32] 15 10 16
All victims [note 36] Irrational act [note 33] 6 6 7
All victims [note 36] Not known [note 34] 21 14 16
All victims [note 36] Total 100 100 100
pect and sex of victim [notes 2,4]
Apr 2013 to Mar Apr 2014 to Mar Apr 2015 to Mar Apr 2016 to Mar Apr 2017 to Mar Apr 2018 to Mar Apr 2019 to Mar Apr 2020 to Mar
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
86 77 79 79 97 98 62 69
4 4 2 2 6 4 3 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 1 0 0 1 1 3 0
19 20 16 10 18 20 16 10
22 18 18 7 9 18 8 11
18 14 19 16 3 12 20 14
151 134 134 114 134 153 112 106
107 100 103 131 133 134 138 127

17 8 16 14 20 21 21 9
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 2 3 0 2 2 1 0
31 33 31 26 25 33 21 14
14 17 11 14 9 8 12 14
27 21 16 16 8 9 13 21
196 181 180 201 197 207 206 185
193 177 182 210 230 232 200 196

21 12 18 16 26 25 24 11
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 3 3 0 3 3 4 0
50 53 47 36 43 53 38 24
36 35 29 21 18 26 20 25
45 35 35 32 11 21 33 35
347 315 314 315 331 360 319 291
7 8 6 14 17 16 6 16
3 4 0 3 5 6 2 0
0 0 0 2 21 0 1 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 0 2 1 2 2 2 1
13 21 14 25 23 25 26 24
2 0 3 2 2 2 5 2
5 17 11 11 14 15 23 28
33 50 36 58 84 66 65 71
58 63 87 102 126 108 143 108

18 8 9 13 21 18 18 14
2 0 1 3 11 0 1 0
0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
3 0 3 5 3 3 1 0
25 41 47 131 50 34 82 48
3 2 3 5 7 9 6 11
32 24 39 43 62 37 35 50
141 138 189 302 281 209 289 231
65 71 93 116 143 125 149 124

21 12 9 16 26 24 20 14
2 0 1 5 32 0 2 0
0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
6 0 5 6 5 5 3 1
38 62 61 156 73 59 108 72
5 2 6 7 9 11 11 13
37 42 51 54 76 52 58 79
174 189 226 360 365 276 354 303
93 85 85 93 114 114 68 85
7 8 2 5 11 10 5 2
0 0 0 2 21 0 1 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 1 2 1 3 3 5 1
32 41 30 35 41 45 42 34
24 18 21 9 11 20 13 13
23 31 30 27 17 27 43 42
184 184 170 172 218 219 177 177
165 163 190 233 259 242 281 235

35 16 25 27 41 39 39 23
2 0 1 3 11 0 1 0
0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
3 2 6 5 5 5 2 0
56 74 78 157 75 67 103 62
17 19 14 19 16 17 18 25
59 45 55 59 70 46 48 71
337 319 369 503 478 416 495 416
258 248 275 326 373 357 349 320

42 24 27 32 52 49 44 25
2 0 1 5 32 0 2 0
0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
8 3 8 6 8 8 7 1
88 115 108 192 116 112 146 96
41 37 35 28 27 37 31 38
82 77 86 86 87 73 91 114
521 504 540 675 696 636 673 594
Apr 2013 to Mar Apr 2014 to Mar Apr 2015 to Mar Apr 2016 to Mar Apr 2017 to Mar Apr 2018 to Mar Apr 2019 to Mar Apr 2020 to Mar
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
57 57 59 69 72 64 55 65
3 3 1 2 4 3 3 2
[x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x]
[x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x]
1 1 [x] [x] 1 1 3 [x]
13 15 12 9 13 13 14 9
15 13 13 6 7 12 7 10
12 10 14 14 2 8 18 13
100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
55 55 57 65 68 65 67 69
9 4 9 7 10 10 10 5
[x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x]
[x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x]
[x] 1 2 [x] 1 1 0 [x]
16 18 17 13 13 16 10 8
7 9 6 7 5 4 6 8
14 12 9 8 4 4 6 11
100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
56 56 58 67 69 64 63 67
6 4 6 5 8 7 8 4
[x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x]
[x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x]
1 1 1 [x] 1 1 1 [x]
14 17 15 11 13 15 12 8
10 11 9 7 5 7 6 9
13 11 11 10 3 6 10 12
100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
21 16 17 24 20 24 9 23
9 8 [x] 5 6 9 3 [x]
[x] [x] [x] 3 25 [x] 2 [x]
[x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x]
9 [x] 6 2 2 3 3 1
39 42 39 43 27 38 40 34
6 [x] 8 3 2 3 8 3
15 34 31 19 17 23 35 39
100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
41 46 46 34 45 52 49 47
13 6 5 4 7 9 6 6
1 [x] 1 1 4 [x] 0 [x]
[x] [x] [x] [x] 0 [x] 1 [x]
2 [x] 2 2 1 1 0 [x]
18 30 25 43 18 16 28 21
2 1 2 2 2 4 2 5
23 17 21 14 22 18 12 22
100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
37 38 41 32 39 45 42 41
12 6 4 4 7 9 6 5
1 [x] 0 1 9 [x] 1 [x]
[x] [x] [x] [x] 0 [x] 1 [x]
3 [x] 2 2 1 2 1 0
22 33 27 43 20 21 31 24
3 1 3 2 2 4 3 4
21 22 23 15 21 19 16 26
100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
51 46 50 54 52 52 38 48
4 4 1 3 5 5 3 1
[x] [x] [x] 1 10 [x] 1 [x]
[x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x] [x]
3 1 1 1 1 1 3 1
17 22 18 20 19 21 24 19
13 10 12 5 5 9 7 7
13 17 18 16 8 12 24 24
100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
49 51 51 46 54 58 57 56
10 5 7 5 9 9 8 6
1 [x] 0 1 2 [x] 0 [x]
[x] [x] [x] [x] 0 [x] 1 [x]
1 1 2 1 1 1 0 [x]
17 23 21 31 16 16 21 15
5 6 4 4 3 4 4 6
18 14 15 12 15 11 10 17
100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
50 49 51 48 54 56 52 54
8 5 5 5 7 8 7 4
0 [x] 0 1 5 [x] 0 [x]
[x] [x] [x] [x] 0 [x] 0 [x]
2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
17 23 20 28 17 18 22 16
8 7 6 4 4 6 5 6
16 15 16 13 13 11 14 19
100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Worksheet 17: Number and percentage of offences currently recorded as homicide, by location of homicide and sex of vi
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Table 17a: Number of offences currently recorded as homicide, by location of homicide and sex of victim
Sex of victim Location type Location
Male victims Residential House, dwelling (in and around) [note 38]
Male victims Residential Residential homes [note 39]
Male victims Public places Licensed premises [note 40]
Male victims Public places Street, footpath, alleyway
Male victims Public places Open outdoor area [note 41]
Male victims Public places Other public places [note 42]
Male victims Public places Other
Male victims Public places Unknown
Male victims total
Female victims Residential House, dwelling (in and around) [note 38]
Female victims Residential Residential homes [note 39]
Female victims Public places Licensed premises [note 40]
Female victims Public places Street, footpath, alleyway
Female victims Public places Open outdoor area [note 41]
Female victims Public places Other public places [note 42]
Female victims Public places Other
Female victims Public places Unknown
Female victims total
All victims Residential House, dwelling (in and around) [note 38]
All victims Residential Residential homes [note 39]
All victims Public places Licensed premises [note 40]
All victims Public places Street, footpath, alleyway
All victims Public places Open outdoor area [note 41]
All victims Public places Other public places [note 42]
All victims Public places Other
All victims Public places Unknown
All victims total [note 16]
Table 17b: Percentage of offences currently recorded as homicide, by location of homicide and sex of victim
Sex of victim Location type Location
Male victims Residential House, dwelling (in and around) [note 38]
Male victims Residential Residential homes [note 39]
Male victims Public places Licensed premises [note 40]
Male victims Public places Street, footpath, alleyway
Male victims Public places Open outdoor area [note 41]
Male victims Public places Other public places [note 42]
Male victims Public places Other
Male victims Public places Unknown
Male victims total
Female victims Residential House, dwelling (in and around) [note 38]
Female victims Residential Residential homes [note 39]
Female victims Public places Licensed premises [note 40]
Female victims Public places Street, footpath, alleyway
Female victims Public places Open outdoor area [note 41]
Female victims Public places Other public places [note 42]
Female victims Public places Other
Female victims Public places Unknown
Female victims total
All victims Residential House, dwelling (in and around) [note 38]
All victims Residential Residential homes [note 39]
All victims Public places Licensed premises [note 40]
All victims Public places Street, footpath, alleyway
All victims Public places Open outdoor area [note 41]
All victims Public places Other public places [note 42]
All victims Public places Other
All victims Public places Unknown
All victims total [note 16]
location of homicide and sex of victim [notes 2,4,37]
refer to notes which can be found on the notes worksheet.

ero homicides recorded in that category.
Apr 2010 to Apr 2011 to Apr 2012 to Apr 2013 to Apr 2014 to Apr 2015 to Apr 2016 to Apr 2017 to
Mar 2011 Mar 2012 Mar 2013 Mar 2014 Mar 2015 Mar 2016 Mar 2017 Mar 2018
221 172 194 154 146 166 180 161
10 13 8 6 9 7 10 13
26 20 30 19 22 27 27 33
115 94 71 91 81 97 105 160
27 23 38 32 30 33 38 49
23 20 24 18 14 24 33 39
8 7 5 10 14 9 108 18
2 5 5 7 3 6 2 5
432 354 375 337 319 369 503 478
164 144 125 152 134 138 126 143

1 5 3 6 15 10 6 11
0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 7 13 10 14 7 10 15
16 4 11 7 8 5 7 12
3 3 4 7 8 7 7 13
3 2 2 0 3 1 12 20
4 5 8 2 1 1 4 3
200 170 167 184 184 170 172 218
385 317 319 306 280 304 306 304

11 18 11 12 24 17 16 24
26 20 31 19 23 28 27 34
124 101 84 101 95 104 115 175
43 27 49 39 38 38 45 61
26 23 28 25 22 31 40 52
11 9 7 10 17 10 120 38
6 10 13 9 5 8 6 8
632 525 542 521 504 540 675 696
d sex of victim
51 49 52 46 46 45 36 34
2 4 2 2 3 2 2 3
6 6 8 6 7 7 5 7
27 27 19 27 25 26 21 33
6 6 10 9 9 9 8 10
5 6 6 5 4 7 7 8
2 2 1 3 4 2 21 4
0 1 1 2 1 2 0 1
100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
82 85 75 83 73 81 73 66
1 3 2 3 8 6 3 5
[x] [x] 1 [x] 1 1 0 0
5 4 8 5 8 4 6 7
8 2 7 4 4 3 4 6
2 2 2 4 4 4 4 6
2 1 1 [x] 2 1 7 9
2 3 5 1 1 1 2 1
100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
61 60 59 59 56 56 45 44
2 3 2 2 5 3 2 3
4 4 6 4 5 5 4 5
20 19 15 19 19 19 17 25
7 5 9 7 8 7 7 9
4 4 5 5 4 6 6 7
2 2 1 2 3 2 18 5
1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1
100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Mar 2019 Mar 2020 Mar 2021
158 179 185
17 8 11
25 24 9
128 189 121
35 46 60
36 25 19
9 16 7
8 8 4
416 495 416
158 124 134

12 12 9
0 1 2
12 20 8
11 8 13
17 4 3
4 1 2
5 7 6
219 177 177
317 303 319

29 20 20
25 25 11
140 210 129
46 54 73
53 29 22
13 17 9
13 15 11
636 673 594
Mar 2019 Mar 2020 Mar 2021
38 36 44
4 2 3
6 5 2
31 38 29
8 9 14
9 5 5
2 3 2
2 2 1
100 100 100
72 70 76
5 7 5
[x] 1 1
5 11 5
5 5 7
8 2 2
2 1 1
2 4 3
100 100 100
50 45 54
5 3 3
4 4 2
22 31 22
7 8 12
8 4 4
2 3 2
2 2 2
100 100 100
Table 18: Proportion of homicide victims and suspects that were under the influence of a
England and Wales, combined data for year ending March 2019 to year ending March 2021
Under the influence of Male victims or

Victim or suspect
alcohol or drugs suspects (%)
Victim under the influence of: Alcohol 21

Victim under the influence of: Illicit drug 7
Victim under the influence of: Both alcohol and illicit drug 9
Victim under the influence of: Neither alcohol nor illicit drug 63
Suspect under the influence of: Alcohol 13

Suspect under the influence of: Illicit drug 5
Suspect under the influence of: Both alcohol and illicit drug 10
Suspect under the influence of: Neither alcohol nor illicit drug 72
er the influence of alcohol or drugs at the time of the homicide (currently recorded) [notes 2,4,43]
ng March 2021
on the notes worksheet.
All victims or
Female victims or
suspects (%)
suspects (%)
[notes 44,45]
12 18
4 6
6 8
78 68
16 13
5 5
12 10
67 72
Table 19: Proportion of currently recorded homicides by various drug fields [notes 2,4,43

All victims or
Male victims or Female victims
Drug fields suspects
suspects or suspects
[notes 44,45]
Victim known drug user (%) 38 17 31
Victim known drug dealer (%) 20 3 15
Suspect known drug user (%) 46 34 45

Suspect known drug dealer (%) 31 8 29
Motive to obtain drugs (%) 4 5 4
Motive to steal drug proceeds (%) 6 6 6
ields [notes 2,4,43]
g March 2021
Table 20: Number of offences currently recorded as homicide that have involved drug us
Proportion of
homicides that involved
Number of
Year drug users or dealers,
homicides
or have been related to
drugs in any way (%)
Apr 2010 to Mar 2011 252 40

Apr 2011 to Mar 2012 228 43
Apr 2012 to Mar 2013 230 42
Apr 2013 to Mar 2014 220 42
Apr 2014 to Mar 2015 213 42
Apr 2015 to Mar 2016 235 44
Apr 2016 to Mar 2017 252 37
Apr 2017 to Mar 2018 312 45
Apr 2018 to Mar 2019 313 49
Apr 2019 to Mar 2020 339 50
Apr 2020 to Mar 2021 306 52
mber of offences currently recorded as homicide, by police force area, English regions and Wales [notes 2,4]
Wales, year ending March 2013 to year ending March 2021
contains one table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found on the notes worksheet.
d is used in this table: [x] indicates that a number is unavailable. [u1] indicates that rate per 100,000 population data for City of London have been suppressed due to the sm
Office - Homicide Index
Police Force Area name
ENGLAND AND WALES 542 521 504 540 675 696

ENGLAND 510 505 479 512 647 662
North East 21 26 25 19 27 19
Cleveland 4 7 5 5 6 3
Durham 6 4 1 0 4 3
Northumbria 11 15 19 14 17 13
North West 82 63 86 67 92 130
Cheshire 7 7 4 4 6 6
Cumbria 3 4 5 5 4 3
Greater Manchester 41 29 34 36 50 82
Lancashire 14 10 17 12 12 13
Merseyside 17 13 26 10 20 26
Yorkshire and the Humber 43 60 54 52 155 52

Humberside 5 6 9 8 5 15
North Yorkshire 6 5 8 6 6 6
South Yorkshire 15 23 15 13 114 8
West Yorkshire 17 26 22 25 30 23
East Midlands 46 51 37 45 42 46
Derbyshire 11 8 5 14 8 9
Leicestershire 11 12 7 9 13 15
Lincolnshire 5 12 8 6 9 5
Northamptonshire 4 6 9 9 3 3
Nottinghamshire 15 13 8 7 9 14
West Midlands 62 60 51 64 61 83
Staffordshire 4 6 13 12 3 10
Warwickshire 1 4 5 10 8 13
West Mercia 14 14 9 12 12 17
West Midlands 43 36 24 30 38 43
East 49 46 40 53 53 49
Bedfordshire 5 12 4 6 5 4
Cambridgeshire 6 5 6 7 6 7
Essex 20 11 10 28 13 24
Hertfordshire 9 8 8 4 12 7
Norfolk 7 2 7 6 7 5
Suffolk 2 8 5 2 10 2
London 109 106 101 110 109 157

City of London 1 0 1 2 1 2
Metropolitan Police 108 106 100 108 108 155
South East 53 53 43 60 55 86
Hampshire 9 13 15 6 12 17
Kent 11 13 8 16 8 12
Surrey 5 6 6 8 5 6
Sussex 13 6 8 13 12 30
Thames Valley 15 15 6 17 18 21
South West 42 40 41 39 46 35
Avon and Somerset 14 10 11 7 14 14
Devon and Cornwall 13 16 12 16 13 14
Dorset 5 7 5 7 9 3
Gloucestershire 1 6 10 6 6 3
Wiltshire 9 1 3 3 4 1
WALES 32 16 25 28 28 34
Dyfed-Powys 6 3 3 5 3 7
Gwent 5 5 6 4 2 7
North Wales 9 3 7 2 8 10
South Wales 12 5 9 17 15 10
British Transport Police 3 0 1 3 7 5

London have been suppressed due to the small population size of the police force area.
Rate of offences
Apr 2018 to Apr 2019 to Apr 2020 to per million
Mar 2019 Mar 2020 Mar 2021 population Apr
2018 to Mar 2021
636 673 594 10.7

614 635 575 10.8
35 28 21 10.5
15 11 7 19.3
6 5 2 6.8
14 12 12 8.7
115 88 104 14.0
18 8 11 11.6
3 4 9 10.7
55 39 48 16.7
19 22 17 12.8
20 15 19 12.6
65 49 49 9.9
10 10 6 9.3
2 4 3 3.6
21 14 15 11.8
32 21 25 11.1
41 51 49 9.7
6 11 10 8.5
6 10 11 8.2
4 12 11 11.8
16 6 8 13.3
9 12 9 8.6
70 72 88 12.9
6 10 20 10.6
2 6 5 7.5
14 8 21 11.1
48 48 42 15.7
57 89 50 10.5
6 3 4 6.4
9 7 14 11.7
16 61 18 17.2
13 6 4 6.4
7 8 5 7.3
6 4 5 6.6
125 147 126 14.8

1 2 0 [u1]
124 145 126 14.7
63 76 48 6.8
10 21 10 6.9
18 10 11 7.0
5 3 4 3.3
16 24 8 9.3
14 18 15 6.5
37 31 38 6.3
10 7 12 5.6
16 13 12 7.7
4 3 7 6.0
6 5 5 8.4
1 3 2 2.8
22 38 19 8.3
5 10 3 11.5
2 6 4 6.7
4 3 6 6.2
11 19 6 9.0
6 4 2 [x]
Table 22: Number of offences currently recorded as homicide, by outcome for principal suspect [notes 2,4]
Outcome
Offences initially recorded as homicide

Offences no longer recorded as homicide
Offences currently recorded as homicide - decided at court to be homicide

Court decision pending
Proceedings not initiated or concluded without conviction or acquittal

No suspects charged
Total offences currently recorded as homicide

de, by outcome for principal suspect [notes 2,4]
an be found on the notes worksheet.
Outcome breakdown
654 545 566 540 526

22 20 24 19 22
Murder 297 269 251 267 206

Section 2 Manslaughter 30 32 31 32 31
Other Manslaughter 129 108 116 99 110
Infanticide 2 1 2 3 0
Total 458 410 400 401 347
11 6 17 8 11
Suspect found by the court to be insane 3 3 2 4 4

Suspect died 3 3 1 2 4
Suspect died by suicide 46 29 22 26 33
Proceedings discontinued, not initiated, or all suspects acquitted [note 20] 42 45 39 31 32
Total 94 80 64 63 73
69 29 61 49 73
632 525 542 521 504

558 692 712 649 683 599

18 17 16 13 10 5
228 213 261 262 195 109

28 20 20 23 17 10
94 126 116 85 101 41
0 1 0 1 0 0
350 360 397 371 313 160
25 32 58 63 171 226
1 1 3 9 0 4
7 7 11 4 11 3
30 28 39 19 20 19
46 142 58 36 22 9
84 178 111 68 53 35
81 105 130 134 136 173
540 675 696 636 673 594

Table 23: All suspects convicted of homicide, by type of homicide [notes 2,4,47,50]
England and Wales, year ending December 1969 to year ending March 2021
Total number
Total number convicted Number of suspects
Year offence initially recorded indicted of homicide convicted of murder
Jan 1969 to Dec 1969 367 271 78
Jan 1970 to Dec 1970 386 299 99
Jan 1971 to Dec 1971 418 327 91
Jan 1972 to Dec 1972 450 337 85
Jan 1973 to Dec 1973 427 321 83
Jan 1974 to Dec 1974 537 424 125
Jan 1975 to Dec 1975 503 383 99
Jan 1976 to Dec 1976 530 394 108
Jan 1977 to Dec 1977 457 362 116
Jan 1978 to Dec 1978 529 424 137
Jan 1979 to Dec 1979 595 475 169
Jan 1980 to Dec 1980 537 423 140
Jan 1981 to Dec 1981 543 448 167
Jan 1982 to Dec 1982 525 441 161
Jan 1983 to Dec 1983 523 417 153
Jan 1984 to Dec 1984 579 451 171
Jan 1985 to Dec 1985 595 457 166
Jan 1986 to Dec 1986 662 506 208
Jan 1987 to Dec 1987 677 515 216
Jan 1988 to Dec 1988 642 493 189
Jan 1989 to Dec 1989 633 458 198
Jan 1990 to Dec 1990 625 443 186
Jan 1991 to Dec 1991 711 502 197
Jan 1992 to Dec 1992 708 504 215
Jan 1993 to Dec 1993 681 501 224
Jan 1994 to Dec 1994 652 495 230
Jan 1995 to Dec 1995 748 558 278
Jan 1996 to Dec 1996 727 534 261
Jan 1997 to Dec 1997 709 509 250
Apr 1997 to Mar 1998 744 530 236
Apr 1998 to Mar 1999 785 542 258
Apr 1999 to Mar 2000 812 537 282
Apr 2000 to Mar 2001 861 592 301
Apr 2001 to Mar 2002 904 672 333
Apr 2002 to Mar 2003 878 629 347
Apr 2003 to Mar 2004 964 659 377
Apr 2004 to Mar 2005 975 707 416
Apr 2005 to Mar 2006 857 631 400
Apr 2006 to Mar 2007 897 638 381
Apr 2007 to Mar 2008 949 684 404
Apr 2008 to Mar 2009 823 591 345
Apr 2009 to Mar 2010 758 545 333
Apr 2010 to Mar 2011 677 543 347
Apr 2011 to Mar 2012 654 480 316
Apr 2012 to Mar 2013 623 472 306
Apr 2013 to Mar 2014 658 525 333
Apr 2014 to Mar 2015 562 400 236
Apr 2015 to Mar 2016 627 440 276
Apr 2016 to Mar 2017 644 466 263
Apr 2017 to Mar 2018 677 508 327
Apr 2018 to Mar 2019 628 472 329
Apr 2019 to Mar 2020 501 374 250
Apr 2020 to Mar 2021 279 216 141
worksheet.
Number of suspects Number of suspects Number of suspects

convicted of Section convicted of other convicted of
2 manslaughter manslaughter infanticide
58 122 13
65 120 15
72 146 18
85 150 17
77 152 9
96 188 15
77 203 4
92 188 6
94 146 6
90 189 8
109 190 7
88 186 9
87 187 7
102 172 6
80 174 10
77 201 2
76 207 8
84 211 3
78 220 1
74 222 8
83 176 1
70 183 4
76 224 5
78 205 6
62 210 5
71 191 3
53 224 3
50 219 4
47 209 3
51 239 4
42 235 7
28 226 1
20 266 5
21 317 1
15 267 0
21 260 1
26 264 1
26 204 1
40 215 2
35 245 0
36 209 1
28 184 0
29 165 2
32 131 1
29 135 2
37 152 3
30 134 0
30 134 0
21 181 1
21 160 0
22 120 1
16 108 0
9 66 0
Table 24: Outcomes numbers for all homicide suspects [notes 2,4,47]
Some shorthand is used in this table: [z] indicates 'not applicable'.
Outcome Indicted Not indicted Indicted Not indicted Indicted Not indicted
Convicted of homicide [note 48] 466 [z] 508 [z] 472 [z]
Convicted of lesser offence 49 [z] 42 [z] 50 [z]
Unfit to plead or insane 5 0 4 0 7 0
Acquitted/discontinued etc. 101 0 113 0 87 0
Proceedings concluded, other outcome 5 0 2 1 1 6
Died by suicide or died 10 21 6 18 5 19
No proceedings taken [z] 3 [z] 1 [z] 2
Proceedings pending / no court information 8 43 2 84 6 93
Total 644 67 677 104 628 120
Mar 2020 Mar 2020 Mar 2021 Mar 2021
Indicted Not indicted Indicted Not indicted

374 [z] 216 [z]
42 [z] 18 [z]
0 0 5 0
64 0 31 0
0 0 2 0
9 18 1 18
[z] 1 [z] 2
12 266 6 361
501 285 279 381
Worksheet 25: Number of suspects indicted for homicide, by outcome of proceedings and sex of suspect [notes 2,4,47]
This worksheet contains three tables displayed vertically with one row between each table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found on the notes worksheet.
Some shorthand is used in this worksheet: [z] indicates 'not applicable'.
Table 25a: Male suspects indicted for homicide, by outcome of proceedings

Indictment and outcome Indictment and outcome breakdown
Mar 2011 Mar 2012 Mar 2013
Indicted for homicide Murder 500 485 455
Indicted for homicide Manslaughter 94 77 76
Indicted for homicide Infanticide [z] [z] [z]
Indicted for homicide Total [note 49] 594 562 531
Outcome - not convicted of homicide Not tried - count to remain on file [note 50] 1 0 1
Outcome - not convicted of homicide Found unfit to plead 2 1 1
Outcome - not convicted of homicide Found not guilty by reason of insanity 0 2 0
Outcome - not convicted of homicide Convicted of lesser offence [note 51] 25 20 27
Outcome - not convicted of homicide Acquitted on all counts 73 91 70
Outcome - not convicted of homicide Died by suicide or died 3 8 5
Outcome - not convicted of homicide Total 104 122 104
Outcome - convicted of homicide Murder 320 289 277

Outcome - convicted of homicide Section 2 manslaughter 22 30 24
Outcome - convicted of homicide Other manslaughter 148 119 122
Outcome - convicted of homicide Infanticide [z] [z] [z]
Outcome - convicted of homicide Total 490 438 423
Court proceedings pending/No proceedings etc 0 2 4
Total 594 562 531
Table 25b: Female suspects indicted for homicide, by outcome of proceedings

Mar 2011 Mar 2012 Mar 2013
Indicted for homicide Infanticide 1 1 1

Outcome - convicted of homicide Infanticide 2 1 2
Total 67 55 68
Table 25c: All suspects indicted for homicide, by outcome of proceedings [note 52]

Mar 2011 Mar 2012 Mar 2013
Indicted for homicide Infanticide 1 1 1

Outcome - convicted of homicide Infanticide 2 1 2
Total 661 618 602

on the notes worksheet.
456 382 431 425 511 481 393 209
124 92 85 136 96 73 46 35
[z] [z] [z] [z] [z] [z] [z] [z]
580 474 516 561 607 554 439 244
0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0
3 2 0 5 1 2 0 3
18 27 22 18 24 27 17 8
66 74 83 87 102 76 56 26
3 9 10 9 5 4 8 1
91 112 115 122 135 111 81 38
315 220 250 247 308 313 243 134

28 22 27 17 20 17 15 8
138 118 118 170 141 108 98 59
[z] [z] [z] [z] [z] [z] [z] [z]
481 360 395 434 469 438 356 201
8 2 6 5 3 5 2 5
580 474 516 561 607 554 439 244
50 40 45 36 40 41 19 21
8 16 16 12 14 10 3 2
1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
59 56 61 50 54 52 22 23
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1
6 3 4 7 6 6 1 0
9 11 6 8 9 7 2 4
0 1 2 0 0 1 1 1
15 16 13 16 15 16 4 6
18 16 26 16 19 16 7 7
9 8 3 3 1 5 1 1
12 14 15 11 19 12 9 7
3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
42 38 44 31 39 34 17 15
2 2 4 3 0 2 1 2
59 56 61 50 54 52 22 23
506 422 476 462 551 522 412 230
134 111 102 148 111 83 51 37
1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
641 533 578 612 662 606 463 267
0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0
3 3 1 5 1 4 0 4
24 31 26 25 30 33 18 8
75 85 89 95 112 83 59 30
3 10 12 9 5 5 9 2
106 129 128 138 151 127 86 44
333 236 276 263 327 329 250 141

37 30 30 21 21 22 16 9
152 134 134 181 160 120 108 66
3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
525 400 440 466 508 472 374 216
10 4 10 8 3 7 3 7
641 533 578 612 662 606 463 267

Worksheet 26: Number of suspects convicted of homicide, by type of homicide sentence [notes 2,4]
This worksheet contains three tables displayed vertically with one row between each table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found on the notes worksheet.
Table 26a: Male suspects convicted of homicide, by type of homicide sentence

Type of homicide Sentence
Mar 2011 Mar 2012
Murder Life imprisonment [note 53] 320 289
Section 2 manslaughter - immediate imprisonment [note 54] Life 4 2

Section 2 manslaughter - immediate imprisonment [note 54] Over 10 years (excluding life) 3 1
Section 2 manslaughter - immediate imprisonment [note 54] Over 4 and up to 10 years 6 3
Section 2 manslaughter - immediate imprisonment [note 54] 4 years and under 1 3
Section 2 manslaughter - immediate imprisonment [note 54] Fully suspended sentence 0 2
Section 2 manslaughter - immediate imprisonment [note 54] Hospital/Restriction Order 3 17
Section 2 manslaughter - immediate imprisonment [note 54] Hospital Order 5 2
Section 2 manslaughter - immediate imprisonment [note 54] Probation/Supervision 0 0
Section 2 manslaughter - immediate imprisonment [note 54] Other sentence 0 0
Section 2 manslaughter - immediate imprisonment [note 54] Total 22 30
Other manslaughter - immediate imprisonment [54] Life 9 9

Other manslaughter - immediate imprisonment [54] Over 10 years (excluding life) 15 9
Other manslaughter - immediate imprisonment [54] Over 4 and up to 10 years 59 58
Other manslaughter - immediate imprisonment [54] 4 years and under 54 38
Other manslaughter - immediate imprisonment [54] Fully suspended sentence 2 1
Other manslaughter - immediate imprisonment [54] Hospital/Restriction Order 7 3
Other manslaughter - immediate imprisonment [54] Hospital Order 1 0
Other manslaughter - immediate imprisonment [54] Probation/Supervision 0 1
Other manslaughter - immediate imprisonment [54] Other sentence 1 0
Other manslaughter - immediate imprisonment [54] Total 148 119
Total male suspects Total male suspects 490 438
Table 26b: Female suspects convicted of homicide, by type of homicide sentence

Mar 2011 Mar 2012

Other manslaughter - immediate imprisonment [note 54] Life 3 0

Other manslaughter - immediate imprisonment [note 54] Over 10 years (excluding life) 1 0
Other manslaughter - immediate imprisonment [note 54] Over 4 and up to 10 years 8 4
Other manslaughter - immediate imprisonment [note 54] 4 years and under 4 6
Other manslaughter - immediate imprisonment [note 54] Fully suspended sentence 0 1
Other manslaughter - immediate imprisonment [note 54] Hospital/Restriction Order 0 1
Other manslaughter - immediate imprisonment [note 54] Hospital Order 0 0
Other manslaughter - immediate imprisonment [note 54] Probation/Supervision 0 0
Other manslaughter - immediate imprisonment [note 54] Other sentence 1 0
Other manslaughter - immediate imprisonment [note 54] Total 17 12
Infanticide - immediate imprisonment [note 54] 4 years and under 0 0

Infanticide - immediate imprisonment [note 54] Hospital/Restriction Order 0 1
Infanticide - immediate imprisonment [note 54] Hospital Order 1 0
Infanticide - immediate imprisonment [note 54] Probation/Supervision 1 0
Infanticide - immediate imprisonment [note 54] Total 2 1
Total female suspects Total female suspects 53 42
Table 26c: All suspects convicted of homicide, by type of homicide sentence and sex of suspect
Mar 2011 Mar 2012

Other manslaughter - immediate imprisonment [note 54] Life 12 9

Other manslaughter - immediate imprisonment [note 54] Over 10 years (excluding life) 16 9
Other manslaughter - immediate imprisonment [note 54] Over 4 and up to 10 years 67 62
Other manslaughter - immediate imprisonment [note 54] 4 years and under 58 44
Other manslaughter - immediate imprisonment [note 54] Fully suspended sentence 2 2
Other manslaughter - immediate imprisonment [note 54] Hospital/Restriction Order 7 4
Other manslaughter - immediate imprisonment [note 54] Hospital Order 1 0
Other manslaughter - immediate imprisonment [note 54] Probation/Supervision 0 1
Other manslaughter - immediate imprisonment [note 54] Other sentence 2 0
Other manslaughter - immediate imprisonment [note 54] Total 165 131
Infanticide - immediate imprisonment [note 54] 4 years and under 0 0

Infanticide - immediate imprisonment [note 54] Hospital/Restriction Order 0 1
Infanticide - immediate imprisonment [note 54] Hospital Order 1 0
Infanticide - immediate imprisonment [note 54] Probation/Supervision 1 0
Infanticide - immediate imprisonment [note 54] Total 2 1
Total suspects [note 52] Total suspects [note 52] 543 480
und on the notes worksheet.
Apr 2012 to Apr 2013 to Apr 2014 to Apr 2015 to Apr 2016 to Apr 2017 to Apr 2018 to Apr 2019 to Apr 2020 to
Mar 2013 Mar 2014 Mar 2015 Mar 2016 Mar 2017 Mar 2018 Mar 2019 Mar 2020 Mar 2021
277 315 220 250 247 308 313 243 134
1 3 4 3 4 2 2 2 1
0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
1 5 1 1 1 1 1 0 0
0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0
0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
18 13 9 17 5 12 9 9 4
4 4 6 2 5 4 3 4 3
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 28 22 27 17 20 17 15 8
17 17 7 10 28 36 18 20 8
21 36 25 26 33 20 26 23 18
50 45 36 29 77 51 49 36 27
28 33 42 48 24 31 11 16 6
2 1 3 1 2 2 2 1 0
4 5 4 3 3 1 1 2 0
0 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
122 138 118 118 170 141 108 98 59
423 481 360 395 434 469 438 356 201
29 18 16 26 16 19 16 7 7
1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 2 3 1 2 0 2 0 1
2 2 3 0 1 1 2 0 0
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 9 8 3 3 1 5 1 1
1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0
2 0 2 2 1 3 5 2 2
4 6 7 6 5 9 5 6 3
4 4 2 5 4 5 1 0 0
2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 12 14 15 11 19 12 9 7
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
49 42 38 44 31 39 34 17 15
306 333 236 276 263 327 329 250 141
2 6 4 4 4 2 2 3 1
0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
2 5 1 1 1 1 2 0 0
0 3 2 3 0 1 1 0 0
0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
19 15 12 18 7 12 11 9 5
6 6 9 2 6 5 5 4 3
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
29 37 30 30 21 21 22 16 9
18 18 8 11 29 38 19 21 8
23 36 27 28 34 23 31 25 20
54 51 43 35 82 60 54 42 30
32 37 44 53 28 36 12 16 6
4 1 4 2 2 2 2 1 0
4 6 5 3 3 1 1 2 2
0 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0
135 152 134 134 181 160 120 108 66
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
472 525 400 440 466 508 472 374 216

Table 27: Number of suspects convicted of homicide who have a previous homicide conviction [notes 2,4]
Apr 2010 to Apr 2011 to Apr 2012 to Apr 2013 to Apr 2014 to Apr 2015 to Apr 2016 to
Year offence initially recorded
Mar 2011 Mar 2012 Mar 2013 Mar 2014 Mar 2015 Mar 2016 Mar 2017
Total number convicted of homicide 543 480 472 525 400 440 466
Number previously convicted of homicide [notes 55,56] 9 3 3 6 3 3 4

While serving sentence for homicide [note 57] 1 1 2 1 2 2 1
After release or termination of sentence for previous homicide conviction 8 2 1 5 1 1 3
Mar 2018 Mar 2019 Mar 2020 Mar 2021
508 472 374 216
4 1 0 1
1 1 0 0
3 0 0 1
Worksheet 28: Number and percentage of suspects convicted of homicide, by age and sex, year ending [notes 2,4]
This worksheet contains two tables displayed vertically with one row between each table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found on the notes workshe

Table 28a: Number of suspects convicted of homicide, by age and sex
Sex of Suspect Age of suspect [note 58]
2011 2012 2013 2014
Male Under 16 11 8 10 12
Male 16 to 24 155 170 137 186
Male 25 to 34 150 109 135 125
Male 35 to 44 88 79 71 84
Male 45 to 54 60 45 48 52
Male 55 to 64 13 18 18 17
Male 65 to 74 8 6 1 2
Male 75 plus 5 3 3 3
Male Total 490 438 423 481
Female Under 16 1 1 1 0
Female 16 to 24 15 12 7 14
Female 25 to 34 10 16 14 5
Female 35 to 44 13 9 16 13
Female 45 to 54 11 4 6 6
Female 55 to 64 2 0 3 3
Female 65 to 74 1 0 2 0
Female 75 plus 0 0 0 1
Female Total 53 42 49 42
All Under 16 12 9 11 12
All 16 to 24 170 182 144 200
All 25 to 34 160 125 149 130
All 35 to 44 101 88 87 97
All 45 to 54 71 49 54 58
All 55 to 64 15 18 21 20
All 65 to 74 9 6 3 2
All 75 plus 5 3 3 4
All Total [note 52] 543 480 472 525
Table 28b: Percentage of suspects convicted of homicide, by age and sex

Sex of Suspect Age of suspect [note 58]
2011 2012 2013 2014
Male Under 16 2 2 2 2
Male 16 to 24 32 39 32 39
Male 25 to 34 31 25 32 26
Male 35 to 44 18 18 17 17
Male 45 to 54 12 10 11 11
Male 55 to 64 3 4 4 4
Male 65 to 74 2 1 0 0
Male 75 plus 1 1 1 1
Male Total 100 100 100 100
Female Under 16 2 2 2 0
Female 16 to 24 28 29 14 33
Female 25 to 34 19 38 29 12
Female 35 to 44 25 21 33 31
Female 45 to 54 21 10 12 14
Female 55 to 64 4 0 6 7
Female 65 to 74 2 0 4 0
Female 75 plus 0 0 0 2
Female Total 100 100 100 100
All Under 16 2 2 2 2
All 16 to 24 31 38 31 38
All 25 to 34 29 26 32 25
All 35 to 44 19 18 18 18
All 45 to 54 13 10 11 11
All 55 to 64 3 4 4 4
All 65 to 74 2 1 1 0
All 75 plus 1 1 1 1
All Total [note 52] 100 100 100 100

r ending [notes 2,4]
tes which can be found on the notes worksheet.
Apr 2014 to Mar Apr 2015 to Mar Apr 2016 to Mar Apr 2017 to Mar Apr 2018 to Mar Apr 2019 to Mar Apr 2020 to Mar
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
11 4 15 23 12 10 4
105 137 162 194 161 167 74
100 109 115 118 128 76 67
67 74 85 73 67 61 36
53 51 35 42 46 25 15
15 15 18 16 12 12 3
7 3 2 2 9 3 2
2 2 2 1 3 2 0
360 395 434 469 438 356 201
2 0 1 1 0 0 0
6 12 7 12 4 1 4
16 13 8 10 10 9 4
9 11 8 8 9 3 4
5 6 4 6 6 3 1
0 1 3 0 1 1 1
0 1 0 2 3 0 1
0 0 0 0 1 0 0
38 44 31 39 34 17 15
13 4 16 24 12 10 4
111 149 169 206 165 168 78
116 122 123 128 138 85 71
76 85 93 81 76 64 40
58 57 39 48 52 28 16
15 16 21 16 13 13 4
7 4 2 4 12 3 3
2 2 2 1 4 2 0
400 440 466 508 472 374 216
Apr 2014 to Mar Apr 2015 to Mar Apr 2016 to Mar Apr 2017 to Mar Apr 2018 to Mar Apr 2019 to Mar Apr 2020 to Mar
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
3 1 3 5 3 3 2
29 35 37 41 37 47 37
28 28 26 25 29 21 33
19 19 20 16 15 17 18
15 13 8 9 11 7 7
4 4 4 3 3 3 1
2 1 0 0 2 1 1
1 1 0 0 1 1 0
100 100 100 100 100 100 100
5 0 3 3 0 0 0
16 27 23 31 12 6 27
42 30 26 26 29 53 27
24 25 26 21 26 18 27
13 14 13 15 18 18 7
0 2 10 0 3 6 7
0 2 0 5 9 0 7
0 0 0 0 3 0 0
100 100 100 100 100 100 100
3 1 3 5 3 3 2
28 34 36 41 35 45 36
29 28 26 25 29 23 33
19 19 20 16 16 17 19
15 13 8 9 11 7 7
4 4 5 3 3 3 2
2 1 0 1 3 1 1
1 0 0 0 1 1 0
100 100 100 100 100 100 100

Table 29: Number of principal suspects convicted of homicide, by ethnic appearance of victim and principa
Ethnic appearance of victim and principal suspect White suspect Black suspect
White victim 463 46

Black victim 26 89
Asian (Indian sub-continent) victim 12 7
Other victim 49 11
Ethnic appearance of victim not known 21 2
Suspect total 571 155
appearance of victim and principal suspect [notes 2,4,59]
he notes worksheet.
Asian Ethnic
(Indian sub- appearance of
Other suspect Victim total
continent) suspect not
suspect known
25 10 4 548
7 3 0 125
51 4 1 75
3 6 0 69
0 1 3 27
86 24 8 844
Table 30: Proportion of convicted principal suspects by suspect's ethnic appearance, co
Some shorthand is used in this table: [z] indicates 'not applicable'.
Convicted principal suspects
(Apr 2018 to Mar 2021
combined)
Ethnic appearance of suspect Proportion (%)
White 68
Black 18
Other [notes 13,19] 13
Not known/not recorded 1
s by suspect's ethnic appearance, compared to the ethnic profile of the population [notes 2,4,18]
h 2019 to year ending March 2021
which can be found on the notes worksheet.
Mid 2016 population estimates

Proportion (%)
85
3
11
[z]
ulation [notes 2,4,18]
Table 31: Number of domestic and non-domestic homicides, by sex of principal suspect and
Sex of
Domestic/non-domestic Sex of victim principal
suspect
Domestic homicide Male Male
Domestic homicide Male Female
Domestic homicide Female Male
Domestic homicide Female Female
All domestic homicide victims [28]
Non-domestic aged 16+ Male Male

Non-domestic aged 16+ Male Female
Non-domestic aged 16+ Female Male
Non-domestic aged 16+ Female Female
All non-domestic homicide victims aged 16+
Non-domestic aged under 16 Male Male

Non-domestic aged under 16 Male Female
Non-domestic aged under 16 Female Male
Non-domestic aged under 16 Female Female
All non-domestic homicide victims aged under 16
Total Male Male

Total Male Female
Total Female Male
Total Female Female
All homicide victims [Notes 43,60,61]
incipal suspect and victim [notes 2,4,43,60]
he notes worksheet.
Apr 2010 to Apr 2011 to Apr 2012 to Apr 2013 to Apr 2014 to Apr 2015 to Apr 2016 to
Mar 2011 Mar 2012 Mar 2013 Mar 2014 Mar 2015 Mar 2016 Mar 2017
21 22 16 20 24 20 17
15 9 12 14 8 18 12
114 105 97 108 102 94 83
6 2 3 7 1 2 5
156 138 128 149 135 134 117
279 234 229 231 189 220 248

9 9 12 10 11 10 2
38 33 22 25 27 30 26
7 3 2 3 4 5 2
333 279 265 269 231 265 278
21 17 24 8 14 8 21
9 4 8 5 11 1 5
12 13 16 11 6 11 8
6 6 7 9 9 6 6
48 40 55 33 40 26 40
321 273 269 259 227 248 286

33 22 32 29 30 29 19
164 151 135 144 135 135 117
19 11 12 19 14 13 13
537 457 448 451 406 425 435
Mar 2018 Mar 2019 Mar 2020 Mar 2021
13 14 29 28
11 15 7 11
89 105 83 72
3 4 2 3
116 138 121 114
286 247 313 231

10 4 4 6
51 33 44 28
3 1 3 3
350 285 364 268
20 15 16 12
3 10 6 7
21 12 4 9
6 12 2 4
50 49 28 32
319 276 358 271

24 29 17 24
161 150 131 109
12 17 7 10
516 472 513 414

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Homicide in England and Wales: year ending March 2021

ONS Release Calendar

Excluding death by careless/dangerous driving and aggravated vehicle taking.

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Source: Home Office - Homicide Index

Jan 1960 to Dec 1960 282 [x] [x] [x]

Source: Home Office - Homicide Index

Apr 2000 to Mar 2001 674

Source: Home Office - Homicide Index

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Total all ages Male 16 13 13 12 11

to notes which can be found on the notes worksheet.

Apr 2015 to Apr 2018 to Apr 2019 to Apr 2020 to

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Asian (Indian sub-continent) Under 1 1 0 1 1 1 0

Other [notes 13,19] Under 1 0 1 0 0 3 2

Not known/not recorded Under 1 1 0 2 0 6 2

Total all ethnicities Under 1 17 15 22 16 25 12

Not known/not recorded Under 1 14 [x] 22 [x] 40 11

Total all ethnicities Under 1 3 3 4 3 5 2

n the notes worksheet.

Apr 2019 to Mar Apr 2020 to

Source: Home Office - Homicide Index

Apr 2012 to Apr 2015 to Mar Apr 2018 to

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Apr 2010 to Mar Apr 2011 to Mar

Female victims Sharp instrument 82 65 58

All victims Sharp instrument 236 208 195

Female victims Sharp instrument 41 38 35

All victims Sharp instrument 37 40 36

notes which can be found on the notes worksheet.

203 186 211 216 281 260 270

ng and sex of victim

Source: Home Office - Homicide Index

Source: Home Office - Homicide Index

Source: Home Office - Homicide Index

Asian (Indian sub-continent) Under 16 1 0 0 1 0 0

Other [19] Under 16 0 1 0 0 0 0

Not known/not recorded Under 16 0 1 0 0 1 0

Total all ethnicities Under 16 14 10 9 4 6 9

Source: Home Office - Homicide Index

Male Victim not known to be acquainted with suspect Stranger

Male Total Total

Female Victim acquainted with suspect Son or daughter

Female Total Total

All victims Victim acquainted with suspect Son or daughter

All victims Victim not known to be acquainted with suspect Stranger

All victims Total Total [note 16]

Male Victim not known to be acquainted with suspect Stranger

Female Victim acquainted with suspect Son or daughter

Female Total Total

All victims Victim acquainted with suspect Son or daughter

All victims Victim not known to be acquainted with suspect Stranger

All victims Total Total [note 16]

found on the notes worksheet.

pal suspect and sex of victim

432 354 375 337 319 369 503 478 416

200 170 167 184 184 170 172 218 219

632 525 542 521 504 540 675 696 636