Transparency data
Homicide sub-type data
This note contains further analysis conducted by Home Office Analysis and Insight of Homicide Index data for a three-year period to the year ending March 2022.
Applies to England and Wales
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The Home Office Homicide Index contains detailed record-level information about each homicide recorded by police in England and Wales. The Office for National Statistics publish headline statistics of these data on an annual basis. This note breaks homicides into further categories by victim, with the aim to help target policy interventions.
The data is being published to support the Winter Homicide Prevention Initiative, which targets the largest homicide sub-type.