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Police recorded homicide offences in England and Wales 2002-2018

Number of police recorded homicide offences in England and Wales from 2002/03 to 2017/18

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