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ONS · method of killing: Sharp instrument

Homicides (Homicide Index): Sharp instrument

Year ending March 2025

205offences

Homicides (Homicide Index) for Sharp instrument totalled 205 offences in the period to Year ending March 2025, down 21.5% (56) on the period before.

  1. ONS dataset
  2. Worksheet 8
  3. Sharp instrument [note 21]
  4. column “Apr 2024 to Mar 2025”
  5. 205 per period
  6. published 5 February 2026

Year ending March 2015 to Year ending March 2025

Homicides by method of killing: Year ending March 2015 to Year ending March 2025CoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour010020020162018202020222024Year ending March 2015: 186 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2016: 210 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2017: 215 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2018: 282 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2019: 259 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2020: 265 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2021: 236 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2022: 279 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2023: 243 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2024: 261 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2025: 205 offences · published 5 February 2026
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What this measures

Offences currently recorded as homicide in England and Wales by the apparent method of killing, for all victims, for each year ending March since 2015 (Homicide Index, Table 8a).

Methods for male and female victims separately, the percentage table beneath the counts, or homicides recorded by the police that were later reclassified.

Source

Dataset
Homicide in England and Wales: appendix tables
Release
Year ending March 2025, published 5 February 2026 · sha256 af06b51f2372f561…
All values
Homicides (Homicide Index) by method of killing