Homicides (Homicide Index) during the Labour 1997–2001 government
1996 → Year ending March 2001 · 5 periods
↑ 29.7%+174 offences
Homicides (Homicide Index) rose by 29.7% over the period, from 586 offences (1996, the level when the government took office) to 760 (Year ending March 2001, the last complete period before it left office).
Inherited level 1996: 586
Level when it left Year ending March 2001: 760
method: latest complete period before start / before end
Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.
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Definition and caveats
The number of offences of murder, manslaughter and infanticide in England and Wales currently recorded as homicide on the Home Office Homicide Index, after cases have been reclassified following court outcomes or further investigation.
Doesn’t measure: Offences initially recorded as homicide that were later reclassified, deaths by dangerous driving, corporate manslaughter, or homicides in Scotland and Northern Ireland.