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ONS · offence category: 1 Murder

Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud): 1 Murder

4 periods to Year ending March 2026

1,864offences

Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud) for 1 Murder totalled 1,864 offences in the 4 periods to Year ending March 2026, down 15.8% (351) on the 4 periods before.

  1. ONS dataset
  2. Table A5a
  3. Murder [note 3]
  4. column “Apr 2025 to Mar 2026”
  5. 431 per period
  6. published 23 July 2026

Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2026

Police-recorded crime by offence: Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2026LabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour025050075020052010201520202025Year ending March 2003: 930 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2004: 717 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2005: 730 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2006: 668 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2007: 648 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2008: 661 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2009: 570 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2010: 529 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2011: 559 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2012: 493 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2013: 484 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2014: 452 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2015: 434 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2016: 480 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 502 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 586 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 575 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 578 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 499 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 563 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 486 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 499 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 448 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 431 offences · published 23 July 2026
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What this measures

The number of offences recorded by the police in England and Wales for every offence and offence group in the ONS appendix table, for each year ending March since 2003. Coded rows are individual Home Office offence codes; rows marked (subtotal) are the groups the ONS prints without a code.

Offences whose code was retired or introduced part way through the series (shown as unavailable for those years), or fraud reported to Action Fraud and Report Fraud for the latest year.

Source

Dataset
Crime in England and Wales: Appendix tables
Release
Year ending March 2026, published 23 July 2026 · sha256 9e4a930ec090b4b4…
All values
Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud) by offence category