Civometry

Police-recorded homicide, 1898 to 2001/02: record highs and lows

The extremes of police-recorded homicide, 1898 to 2001/02 as published by Home Office, across the 104 periods held here (1898 to Year ending March 2002). Each record is a published figure, not a computed one, and the scope is this series — not “ever”.

The latest figure, 891 in Year ending March 2002, is the highest in the whole published series of 104 periods. The rule: a period counts as beaten only when its figure is strictly below the latest, and the claim is only made when it reaches back at least five years.

Highest published

891Year ending March 2002

Lowest published

2041918

The full series

Police-recorded homicide, 1898 to 2001/02: 1898 to Year ending March 2002ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour025050075019001910192019301940195019601970198019902000Before: Offences counted under the Home Office Counting Rules as they stood before April 1998. After: Offences counted under the widened 1998 Counting Rules, which increased the number counted.methodology change1898: 328 offences · published 19 July 20121899: 322 offences · published 19 July 20121900: 312 offences · published 19 July 20121901: 341 offences · published 19 July 20121902: 330 offences · published 19 July 20121903: 312 offences · published 19 July 20121904: 316 offences · published 19 July 20121905: 287 offences · published 19 July 20121906: 263 offences · published 19 July 20121907: 273 offences · published 19 July 20121908: 321 offences · published 19 July 20121909: 300 offences · published 19 July 20121910: 288 offences · published 19 July 20121911: 291 offences · published 19 July 20121912: 311 offences · published 19 July 20121913: 332 offences · published 19 July 20121914: 269 offences · published 19 July 20121915: 275 offences · published 19 July 20121916: 257 offences · published 19 July 20121917: 226 offences · published 19 July 20121918: 204 offences · published 19 July 20121919: 298 offences · published 19 July 20121920: 313 offences · published 19 July 20121921: 251 offences · published 19 July 20121922: 243 offences · published 19 July 20121923: 259 offences · published 19 July 20121924: 274 offences · published 19 July 20121925: 318 offences · published 19 July 20121926: 297 offences · published 19 July 20121927: 293 offences · published 19 July 20121928: 284 offences · published 19 July 20121929: 311 offences · published 19 July 20121930: 300 offences · published 19 July 20121931: 287 offences · published 19 July 20121932: 289 offences · published 19 July 20121933: 356 offences · published 19 July 20121934: 348 offences · published 19 July 20121935: 312 offences · published 19 July 20121936: 361 offences · published 19 July 20121937: 305 offences · published 19 July 20121938: 305 offences · published 19 July 20121940: 288 offences · published 19 July 20121941: 315 offences · published 19 July 20121942: 406 offences · published 19 July 20121943: 322 offences · published 19 July 20121944: 358 offences · published 19 July 20121945: 492 offences · published 19 July 20121946: 347 offences · published 19 July 20121947: 371 offences · published 19 July 20121948: 341 offences · published 19 July 20121949: 298 offences · published 19 July 20121950: 346 offences · published 19 July 20121951: 328 offences · published 19 July 20121952: 400 offences · published 19 July 20121953: 327 offences · published 19 July 20121954: 311 offences · published 19 July 20121955: 279 offences · published 19 July 20121956: 315 offences · published 19 July 20121957: 332 offences · published 19 July 20121958: 261 offences · published 19 July 20121959: 266 offences · published 19 July 20121960: 282 offences · published 19 July 20121961: 265 offences · published 19 July 20121962: 299 offences · published 19 July 20121963: 307 offences · published 19 July 20121964: 296 offences · published 19 July 20121965: 325 offences · published 19 July 20121966: 364 offences · published 19 July 20121967: 412 offences · published 19 July 20121968: 425 offences · published 19 July 20121969: 392 offences · published 19 July 20121970: 393 offences · published 19 July 20121971: 459 offences · published 19 July 20121972: 476 offences · published 19 July 20121973: 465 offences · published 19 July 20121974: 600 offences · published 19 July 20121975: 515 offences · published 19 July 20121976: 565 offences · published 19 July 20121977: 482 offences · published 19 July 20121978: 532 offences · published 19 July 20121979: 629 offences · published 19 July 20121980: 620 offences · published 19 July 20121981: 559 offences · published 19 July 20121982: 618 offences · published 19 July 20121983: 550 offences · published 19 July 20121984: 621 offences · published 19 July 20121985: 616 offences · published 19 July 20121986: 661 offences · published 19 July 20121987: 688 offences · published 19 July 20121988: 624 offences · published 19 July 20121989: 641 offences · published 19 July 20121990: 669 offences · published 19 July 20121991: 725 offences · published 19 July 20121992: 687 offences · published 19 July 20121993: 670 offences · published 19 July 20121994: 726 offences · published 19 July 20121995: 745 offences · published 19 July 20121996: 679 offences · published 19 July 2012Year ending March 1998: 748 offences · published 19 July 2012Year ending March 1999: 750 offences · published 19 July 2012Year ending March 2000: 766 offences · published 19 July 2012Year ending March 2001: 850 offences · published 19 July 2012Year ending March 2002: 891 offences · published 19 July 2012
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 CSVDashed line: change in coverage or methodShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value

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.