Historical trend
Trend summary
England and Wales recorded 602 homicides in the year to March 2024, a rate of approximately 10 per million population.
Trend
- The homicide rate fell substantially from the early 2000s peak to around 2015 and has been broadly stable since.
- The rate of approximately 10 per million places England and Wales in the lower third of OECD countries on this measure.
- Knife-related homicides account for around 40% of all homicides recorded by police.
Context
- ONS and the Home Office publish homicide statistics annually; figures use the year of recording rather than year of occurrence.
- The World Bank series used here is per 100,000 population; the most recent data point available is 2021.
Trend summary generated by claude-sonnet-4-6 on 25 July 2024. Contains no editorial judgement — describes direction, magnitude, and official projections only.
G7 comparison
UK ranks #4 of 7 in the G7 (lower is better)
🇯🇵 Japan
0.2 per 100,000
🇮🇹 Italy
0.5 per 100,000
🇩🇪 Germany
0.8 per 100,000
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
1.1 per 100,000
🇫🇷 France
1.4 per 100,000
🇨🇦 Canada
2.1 per 100,000
🇺🇸 United States
6.3 per 100,000
About this indicator
- Source
- UNODC / OECD
- Update frequency
- Annual
- Last updated
- 16 June 2026
- Licence
- OECD Terms
- Rising trend is…
- Negative
Statistics
- Latest
- 1.1 per 100,000
- Period high
- 1.9
- Period low
- 0.9
- Period average
- 1.3