The data displays the amount of police recorded homicide offences in England and Wales from 2002/03 to 2017/18. For the majority of this period the number of homicides has decreased, although the numbers have started to increase from 2015/16 onwards, reaching 736 homicides in 2017/18.
02/03 | 1047 |
03/04 | 904 |
04/05 | 868 |
05/06 | 764 |
06/07 | 758 |
07/08 | 775 |
08/09 | 664 |
09/10 | 620 |
10/11 | 639 |
11/12 | 553 |
12/13 | 558 |
13/14 | 533 |
14/15 | 538 |
15/16 | 574 |
16/17 | 723 |
17/18 | 736 |