Release

Homicide in England and Wales: year ending March 2019

Released: 13 February 2020 9:30am
Next release: To be announced

Summary

Analyses of information held within the Home Office Homicide Index, which contains detailed record-level information about each homicide recorded by police in England and Wales.

Publications

Data

  • Appendix tables: homicide in England and Wales

    Findings from the analyses based on the Homicide Index recorded by the Home Office, including long-term trends, sex of the victim, apparent method of killing and relationship to victim.

Contact details

Name

Meghan Elkin

Email

crimestatistics@ons.gov.uk

Phone

+44 (0)20 7592 8695

About the data

Accredited Official Statistics

These are accredited official statistics. They have been independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) and found to comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics. This broadly means that the statistics:

  • meet user needs
  • are presented clearly and accessibly
  • are produced using appropriate data and sound methods
  • are managed impartially and objectively in the public interest