October 10, 2023 - In 2020, London saw a decline in overall murders but experienced a rise in domestic killings and a significant increase in children's deaths and murders of women, predominantly attributed to domestic violence.

The number of homicides in England and Wales fell in 2022/23, when compared with the previous year, but remain higher than in the mid-2010s.

February 8, 2018 - Analyses of information held within the Home Office Homicide Index, which contains detailed record-level information about each homicide recorded by police in England and Wales.

July 29, 2020 - London has experienced its highest monthly number of violent deaths so far this year.

October 13, 2023 - Knife crime is a crime involving an object with a blade or sharp instrument. The briefing paper presents and analyses statistics on knife crime in England and Wales.

Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) - United Kingdom from The World Bank: Data

July 11, 2023 - This briefing paper looks at homicide statistics for England and Wales. It also covers equivalent statistics for Scotland and Northern Ireland, and other international comparisons. The paper examines statistics on the characteristics of victims and offenders, the methods used to kill and the ...

October 18, 2023 - Crime against households and people aged 16 years and over, using data from police recorded crime and the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW).

October 9, 2023 - In 2019, London saw a 10-year high in homicides, predominantly driven by knife and gang violence, with racial disparities evident as nearly half of the victims and a majority of perpetrators were Black.

September 23, 2021 - This briefing looks at statistics on gun crime in England and Wales. It uses police recorded crime data to evaluate trends over time and to compare crime between police force areas, with a section focussing specifically on gun crime in London. Type of offence and type of weapon used are also ...

November 9, 2022 - An overview of the extent of violent crime in England and Wales, including long-term trends, use of weapons and victim characteristics.

July 27, 2020 - As Trump rails against ‘far-left’ fascism, new database shows leftwing attacks have left far fewer people dead than violence by rightwing extremists

A girl, stabbed in Croydon, became the 15th teenage victim of homicide.

March 12, 2021 - The deaths of Sarah Everard, Sabina Nessa, and others have highlighted the dangers women face in Britain.

Knives or other sharp objects were involved in 41.4 percent of homicides in England and Wales in 2022/23, the most of any method of killing.

Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) from The World Bank: Data