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ONS · police force area: ENGLAND AND WALES

Homicides (Homicide Index): ENGLAND AND WALES

Year ending March 2025

522offences

Homicides (Homicide Index) for ENGLAND AND WALES totalled 522 offences in the period to Year ending March 2025, down 7.8% (44) on the period before.

  1. ONS dataset
  2. Table 24
  3. ENGLAND AND WALES
  4. column “Apr 2024 to Mar 2025”
  5. 522 per period
  6. published 5 February 2026

Year ending March 2015 to Year ending March 2025

Homicides by police force area: Year ending March 2015 to Year ending March 2025CoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour020040060020162018202020222024Year ending March 2015: 504 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2016: 538 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2017: 689 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2018: 698 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2019: 641 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2020: 676 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2021: 555 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2022: 672 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2023: 581 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2024: 566 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2025: 522 offences · published 5 February 2026
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What this measures

Offences currently recorded as homicide in each police force area of England and Wales for each year ending March since 2015, with the England and Wales total (Homicide Index, Table 24).

Rates per million population, regional aggregates, or police-recorded homicide counts from the quarterly crime tables, which are a different measure.

Source

Dataset
Homicide in England and Wales: appendix tables
Release
Year ending March 2025, published 5 February 2026 · sha256 af06b51f2372f561…
All values
Homicides (Homicide Index) by police force area