HC Deb 05 July 1956 vol 555 cc126-7W
81. Mr. K. Robinson

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department to state the number of murders in England and Wales known to the police for each month from January, 1955, to the latest month for which figures are available.

Major Lloyd-George

The numbers of murders recorded as known to the police during the months in question were as follows:

1955, January … … … 8
February … … … 19
March … … … 22
April … … … 15
May … … … 15
June … … … 7
July … … … 12
August … … … 13
September … … … 14
October … … … 6
November … … … 13
December … … … 8
1956, January … … … 10
February … … … 13
March … … … 17
April … … … 12
May … … … 16
These figures include some cases in which the offender was ultimately found guilty of manslaughter or infanticide, and not of murder.