About this data

Source: ONS, Homicide in England and Wales: year ending March 2025 (Homicide Index)

• Based on the Home Office Homicide Index, which is updated as cases progress through the courts, so it differs slightly from police recorded homicide figures.
• Homicides are counted in the year the police recorded them, not when the death happened. Some years include large numbers of victims from single events: the 173 victims of Harold Shipman are counted in 2002/03, and the 96 victims of the Hillsborough disaster in 2016/17. Others include the 7 July 2005 London bombings, and the Manchester Arena and London Bridge attacks in 2017/18.
• Calendar years up to 1997, then financial years (April to March).

This chart appears in Crime.