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ONS · 5 July 2024 – present

Homicide (police-recorded) during the Labour 2024– government

Year ending March 2024 → Year ending March 2026 · 2 periods

↓ 12.0%−68 offences

Homicide (police-recorded) fell by 12.0% over the period, from 567 offences (Year ending March 2024, the level when the government took office) to 499 (Year ending March 2026, the latest available).

  1. Inherited level Year ending March 2024: 567
  2. Latest Year ending March 2026: 499
  3. 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.

Homicide (police-recorded): Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2026LabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour05001k20052010201520202025Year ending March 2003: 1,047 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2004: 904 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2005: 868 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2006: 764 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2007: 758 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2008: 775 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2009: 664 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2010: 620 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2011: 639 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2012: 553 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2013: 558 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2014: 533 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2015: 539 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2016: 577 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 709 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 714 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 673 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 711 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 573 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 687 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 581 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 567 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 539 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 499 offences · published 23 July 2026
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Definition and caveats

Offences of murder, manslaughter and infanticide recorded by the police in England and Wales in a 12-month period.

Doesn’t measure: The Home Office Homicide Index, which is the definitive count after cases are reclassified, or deaths from dangerous driving.