§ Mr. Henigasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were murdered in each of the years 1945 to 1965; how many of those murdered themselves had a criminal record in each of these years; and how many of those murdered lost their lives whilst fulfilling their duties as prison warders or police officers.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsThe following table shows for each of the years from 1945 to 1965 the finally adjusted number of murders known to the police in England and Wales. The figures in brackets show the number of murders on duty of prison officers and police officers (in that order). Figures showing the number of murder28W victims with criminal records are not available.
1945 … 174 (0) (*) 1956 … 150 (0) (0) 1946 … 144 (0) (1) 1957 … 151 (0) (0) 1947 … 171 (0) (0) 1958 … 125 (0) (1) 1948 … 162 (1) (1) 1959 … 141 (0) (1) 1949 … 131 (0) (0) 1960 … 135 (0) (1) 1950 … 138 (0) (0) 1961 … 130 (0) (2) 1951 … 124 (0) (3) 1962 … 142 (0) (0) 1952 … 141 (0) (1) 1963 … 133 (0) (0) 1953 … 140 (0) (0) 1964 … †l53 (0) (0) 1954 … 145 (0) (0) 1965 … 153 (1) (2) 1955 … 133 (0) (0) … * For years before 1946 only the number of persons convicted of the murder of a police officer is known. There was no such conviction in 1945. † This figure has previously been given as 155. It has been reduced by two cases in which the Court of Criminal Appeal substituted a conviction of manslaughter.