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Homicides (Homicide Index): record highs and lows

The extremes of homicides (homicide index) as published by ONS, across the 59 periods held here (1967 to Year ending March 2025). Each record is a published figure, not a computed one, and the scope is this series — not “ever”.

The latest figure, 522 in Year ending March 2025, is the lowest since Year ending March 2015, when it was 504 — every period between was higher. The rule: a period counts as beaten only when its figure is strictly above the latest, and the claim is only made when it reaches back at least five years.

Highest published

942Year ending March 2003

Lowest published

3321969

The full series

Homicides (Homicide Index): 1967 to Year ending March 2025ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabourLabourCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour02505007501970198019902000201020201967: 354 offences · published 5 February 20261968: 360 offences · published 5 February 20261969: 332 offences · published 5 February 20261970: 339 offences · published 5 February 20261971: 407 offences · published 5 February 20261972: 409 offences · published 5 February 20261973: 391 offences · published 5 February 20261974: 526 offences · published 5 February 20261975: 443 offences · published 5 February 20261976: 488 offences · published 5 February 20261977: 413 offences · published 5 February 20261978: 468 offences · published 5 February 20261979: 547 offences · published 5 February 20261980: 535 offences · published 5 February 20261981: 501 offences · published 5 February 20261982: 557 offences · published 5 February 20261983: 482 offences · published 5 February 20261984: 537 offences · published 5 February 20261985: 536 offences · published 5 February 20261986: 563 offences · published 5 February 20261987: 600 offences · published 5 February 20261988: 547 offences · published 5 February 20261989: 521 offences · published 5 February 20261990: 554 offences · published 5 February 20261991: 622 offences · published 5 February 20261992: 581 offences · published 5 February 20261993: 566 offences · published 5 February 20261994: 633 offences · published 5 February 20261995: 662 offences · published 5 February 20261996: 586 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 1998: 602 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 1999: 639 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2000: 668 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2001: 760 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2002: 793 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2003: 942 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2004: 773 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2005: 777 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2006: 709 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2007: 711 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2008: 731 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2009: 637 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2010: 592 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2011: 631 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2012: 525 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2013: 543 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2014: 520 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2015: 504 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2016: 538 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2017: 689 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2018: 698 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2019: 641 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2020: 676 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2021: 555 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2022: 672 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2023: 581 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2024: 566 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2025: 522 offences · published 5 February 2026
Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestOne point a year is drawn; the source publishes overlapping year-ending figures, and every one is in the history table and CSVShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover, tap or use arrow keys to read a value; tap again to unpin
The chart as a table
PeriodHomicides (Homicide Index)
1967354 offences
1968360 offences
1969332 offences
1970339 offences
1971407 offences
1972409 offences
1973391 offences
1974526 offences
1975443 offences
1976488 offences
1977413 offences
1978468 offences
1979547 offences
1980535 offences
1981501 offences
1982557 offences
1983482 offences
1984537 offences
1985536 offences
1986563 offences
1987600 offences
1988547 offences
1989521 offences
1990554 offences
1991622 offences
1992581 offences
1993566 offences
1994633 offences
1995662 offences
1996586 offences
Year ending March 1998602 offences
Year ending March 1999639 offences
Year ending March 2000668 offences
Year ending March 2001760 offences
Year ending March 2002793 offences
Year ending March 2003942 offences
Year ending March 2004773 offences
Year ending March 2005777 offences
Year ending March 2006709 offences
Year ending March 2007711 offences
Year ending March 2008731 offences
Year ending March 2009637 offences
Year ending March 2010592 offences
Year ending March 2011631 offences
Year ending March 2012525 offences
Year ending March 2013543 offences
Year ending March 2014520 offences
Year ending March 2015504 offences
Year ending March 2016538 offences
Year ending March 2017689 offences
Year ending March 2018698 offences
Year ending March 2019641 offences
Year ending March 2020676 offences
Year ending March 2021555 offences
Year ending March 2022672 offences
Year ending March 2023581 offences
Year ending March 2024566 offences
Year ending March 2025522 offences

What a record here is, and is not

A record is the extreme of the periods this site holds for the current series, at each period’s newest published release. Earlier series measured under different methods are not compared against it. Money is in cash terms: a record set years ago stands against the money of its own year.