HC Deb 06 December 1994 vol 251 cc141-5W
Dr. Lynne Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number of(a) murders and (b) manslaughters (i) with or (ii) without diminished responsibility, recorded in each year since 1970 in each police force area, indicating the sex of the victims and the numbers of these crimes where there is still no conviction.

Offences initially recorded as homicide by outcome (Female victims)
England and Wales Number of offences
Outcome 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
Offences initially recorded as homicide 268 239 254 272 272 250 244 244 237 307 258 245
Offences no longer recorded as homicide1 10 12 13 16 19 16 18 21 23 19 22 14
Offences currently recorded as homicide1
Decided at court to be homicide:
Murder 77 72 79 90 96 92 81 88 75 89 71 46
Sec 2 manslaughter 70 51 53 51 48 39 40 43 36 47 45 25
Other manslaughter 46 50 53 58 53 45 57 49 48 66 61 30
Infanticide 4 4 1 1 1 — 3 1 3 3 4 2
Total 197 177 186 200 198 176 181 181 162 205 181 103
Court decision pending — — — — — — — — — 6 7 79
Proceedings not initiated or concluded without conviction:
Suspect found by the court to be insane 1 1 4 2 2 1 — 1 — 2 3 1
Suspect died 1 2 — 2 2 1 1 2 3 6 1 2
Suspect committed suicide 33 22 31 32 32 36 30 22 27 39 25 26
Proceedings discontinued or not initiated 5 2 7 7 3 4 2 2 2 6 1 2
Total 40 27 42 43 39 42 33 27 32 53 30 32

Mr. Maclean

The tables show for 1982 to 1993 the number of offences of homicide involving (i) male victims and (ii) female victims by outcome. Information for earlier years is not available, and information for each police force area separately could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The third table gives the information which can be provided on the total number of homicides recorded by the police, by police force area and year for 1982 to 1993.

Offences initially recorded as homicide by outcome (Female victims)
England and Wales Number of offences
Outcome 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
Currently no suspect:
All suspects acquitted 3 5 2 2 3 2 6 4 6 11 3 3
No suspects charged 18 18 11 11 13 14 6 11 14 13 15 14
Total 21 23 13 13 16 16 12 15 20 24 18 17
Total offences currently recorded as homicide 258 227 241 256 253 234 226 223 214 288 236 231
1 As at 5 August 1994; figures are subject to revision as cases are dealt with by police and by courts, or as further information becomes available.

Offences initially recorded as homicide by outcome (male victims)
England and Wales Number of offences
Outcome 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
Offences initially recorded as homicide 350 313 365 353 388 436 401 382 426 419 424 430
Offences no longer recorded as homicide1 51 58 69 73 75 70 78 80 82 76 66 55
Offences currently recorded as homicide1
Decided at court to be homicide:
Murder 85 81 86 77 109 105 93 91 102 99 119 70
Sec 2 manslaughter 38 32 31 24 34 46 34 39 45 35 36 28
Other manslaughter 114 99 126 118 118 148 137 102 117 134 117 91
Infanticide 2 7 1 7 2 1 4 — 1 2 2 1
Total 239 219 244 226 263 300 268 232 265 270 274 190
Court decision pending — — — — — — — 1 3 10 18 142
Proceedings not initiated or concluded without conviction:
Suspect found by the court to be insane — 1 — 1 1 2 — 5 1 — 4 —
Suspect died 2 — 2 — 3 — 1 — 3 1 1 2
Suspect committed suicide 16 9 9 15 14 22 13 13 8 10 14 3
Proceedings discontinued or not initiated 6 7 10 9 2 8 3 1 4 5 3 3
Total 24 17 21 25 20 32 17 19 16 16 22 8
Currently no suspect:
All suspects acquitted 6 7 4 7 9 14 10 13 24 20 17 8
No suspects charged 30 12 27 22 21 20 28 37 36 27 27 27
Total 36 19 31 29 30 34 38 50 60 47 44 35
Total offences currently recorded as homicide 299 255 296 280 313 366 323 302 344 343 358 375
1 As at 5 August 1994;figures are subject to revision as cases are dealt with by the police and by the courts, or as further information becomes available.

Offences of homicide recorded by the police1 force area and year
England and Wales Number of offences
Police force area 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
Avon and Somerset 9 14 9 15 12 18 8 8 10 15 11 19
Bedfordshire 3 11 7 4 7 9 7 8 6 6 12 4
Cambridgeshire 1 4 4 5 6 6 10 3 6 4 8 4
Cheshire 6 11 7 6 10 5 12 6 6 11 11 13
Cleveland 10 5 10 4 5 9 8 11 10 10 8 7
Cumbria 6 4 1 3 6 3 4 3 5 4 4 4

Offences of homicide recorded by the police1 force area and year
England and Wales Number of offences
Police force area 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
Derbyshire 6 7 8 8 4 4 6 9 4 9 8 9
Devon and Cornwall 10 17 13 11 11 13 12 8 12 18 13 16
Dorset 2 4 8 4 7 1 4 3 5 6 11 4
Durham 5 8 7 3 5 3 4 5 6 4 7 10
Essex 10 6 16 20 15 13 14 14 11 13 6 12
Gloucestershire 4 1 3 7 4 1 1 12 2 12 3 9
Greater Manchester 28 23 37 28 38 45 49 35 28 49 46 41
Hampshire 14 8 9 15 19 15 8 8 11 12 12 17
Hertfordshire 11 6 7 4 7 10 11 9 5 9 5 6
Humberside 14 6 8 9 5 8 12 11 9 11 6 4
Kent 9 15 23 14 20 25 18 21 18 19 16 24
Lancashire 12 13 17 18 11 27 23 21 17 21 10 25
Leicestershire 8 7 3 9 6 7 5 6 11 11 6 9
Lincolnshire 6 3 3 3 4 8 3 6 2 8 3 2
London, City of — 1 — — — — — 1 — — 3 1
Merseyside 19 14 11 15 20 15 21 17 19 21 22 15
Metropolitan Police District 192 149 164 187 210 193 148 176 184 184 172 159
Norfolk 5 4 7 5 12 4 7 5 12 10 9 5
Northamptonshire 5 8 9 5 10 11 4 5 4 5 9 7
Northumbria 10 17 26 19 17 19 14 19 27 28 24 31
North Yorkshire 16 2 4 5 5 6 3 10 5 3 9 6
Nottinghamshire 9 9 12 12 12 11 11 10 13 27 14 16
South Yorkshire 14 19 14 13 12 11 18 16 21 15 20 20
Staffordshire 12 5 8 4 11 4 8 9 11 8 4 9
Suffolk 2 9 5 6 5 5 4 9 6 2 5 3
Surrey 3 1 5 2 4 12 7 5 6 11 8 5
Sussex 11 8 20 16 18 14 12 21 19 20 16 13
Thames Valley 17 16 23 21 17 37 18 16 18 17 16 19
Warwickshire 5 6 1 5 — 9 5 4 3 2 4 3
West Mercia 8 14 8 6 9 8 7 5 10 11 6 15
West Midlands 45 43 49 45 42 38 44 31 37 40 56 40
West Yorkshire 30 24 29 26 25 31 26 33 43 34 34 27
Wiltshire 6 7 4 2 4 5 5 6 11 4 7 5
Dyfed-Powys 4 5 1 6 1 3 7 6 9 4 8 4
Gwent 9 3 3 9 7 6 6 7 3 5 7 3
North Wales 11 3 8 6 1 5 10 3 3 5 10 9
South Wales 11 10 10 11 17 11 20 20 21 17 18 16
England and Wales 618 550 621 616 661 688 624 641 669 725 687 670
1 Because of differences in recording practice the figures in this table do not always agree exactly with those given in the other tables.

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