14 Jun 2006 : Column 1312W—continued
Homicide
Mr. Crabb:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many murder victims there were aged under 18 years in each year since 1990, broken down by (a) age, (b) sex and (c) local authority area. [74187]
Mr. McNulty
[holding answer 5 June 2006]: The available information relates to under 18 victims of homicide for each year from 1990 to 2004-05, with three tables giving breakdowns by age, gender and police force area. Local authority information is not collected centrally for this measure.
| Offences currently( 1) recorded as homicide( 2) for victims under 18( 3) by age of victim 1990 to 2004-05 |
| Age under | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | January 1997 to March 1998( 4) |
|
1
|
24
|
28
|
27
|
27
|
24
|
17
|
27
|
37
|
|
1
|
13
|
13
|
6
|
11
|
9
|
9
|
7
|
12
|
|
2
|
4
|
14
|
6
|
9
|
6
|
4
|
5
|
4
|
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
5
|
3
|
4
|
3
|
4
|
6
|
|
4
|
1
|
7
|
4
|
4
|
5
|
3
|
4
|
1
|
|
5
|
7
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
6
|
7
|
|
6
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
—
|
4
|
6
|
5
|
2
|
|
7
|
1
|
5
|
2
|
2
|
—
|
10
|
2
|
4
|
|
8
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
—
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
|
9
|
—
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
|
10
|
4
|
—
|
1
|
—
|
1
|
l
|
1
|
1
|
|
11
|
3
|
2
|
—
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
—
|
|
12
|
1
|
3
|
—
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
4
|
|
13
|
1
|
—
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
1
|
|
14
|
1
|
5
|
5
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
|
15
|
1
|
3
|
5
|
2
|
7
|
8
|
5
|
3
|
|
16
|
10
|
5
|
8
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
11
|
10
|
|
17
|
8
|
12
|
6
|
11
|
14
|
4
|
10
|
8
|
|
Total under 18
|
85
|
110
|
82
|
83
|
93
|
88
|
101
|
109
|
| Age under | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | Total 1990 to 2004-05 |
|
1
|
37
|
31
|
49
|
17
|
30
|
31
|
23
|
429
|
|
1
|
5
|
4
|
11
|
10
|
9
|
9
|
7
|
135
|
|
2
|
9
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
7
|
5
|
6
|
91
|
|
3
|
4
|
3
|
4
|
2
|
8
|
3
|
4
|
59
|
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
—
|
39
|
|
5
|
5
|
1
|
—
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
50
|
|
6
|
—
|
5
|
4
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
44
|
|
7
|
5
|
3
|
4
|
3
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
48
|
|
8
|
3
|
3
|
5
|
3
|
1
|
—
|
—
|
28
|
|
9
|
—
|
2
|
—
|
1
|
3
|
—
|
1
|
24
|
|
10
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
22
|
|
11
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
—
|
2
|
20
|
|
12
|
2
|
1
|
4
|
1
|
2
|
—
|
—
|
25
|
|
13
|
1
|
4
|
2
|
—
|
—
|
4
|
4
|
28
|
14 Jun 2006 : Column 1313W
14 Jun 2006 : Column 1314W
|
14
|
1
|
—
|
3
|
4
|
4
|
5
|
3
|
49
|
|
15
|
5
|
1
|
3
|
6
|
4
|
8
|
4
|
65
|
|
16
|
11
|
10
|
12
|
13
|
4
|
5
|
8
|
117
|
|
17
|
15
|
9
|
13
|
13
|
14
|
9
|
8
|
154
|
|
Total under 18
|
108
|
84
|
123
|
90
|
107
|
90
|
74
|
1,427
|
(1).As at 28 November 2005; figures are subject to revision as cases are dealt with by the police and the courts, or as further information comes to light. Excludes cases that result in an acquittal or conviction of a lesser offence. (2) Murder, manslaughter and infanticide. (3) Excludes cases where age of victim is unknown. (4) This is a 15 month period that reflects the transition from calendar year reporting to financial year reporting in April 1998.
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