HC Deb 20 April 1972 vol 835 c131W
Mr. Knox

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many policemen have been murdered in the course of duty in each of the past 20 years.

Mr. Carlisle

The table below shows the number of police officers who have been murdered on duty in England and Wales in each year from 1952:

1952 1
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958 1
1959 1
1960 1
1961 2
1962
1963
1964
1965 2
1966 4
1967
1968
1969

1970 1
1971 2