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Table B: Homicides currently recorded( 1) where apparent method of killing is shooting( 2) , by police force area: England and Wales 1997-98 to 2006-07( 3)
Year offence initially recorded as homicide( 4)
Police force area 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07

Avon and Somerset

—

1

—

2

—

6

3

—

—

1

Bedfordshire

1

—

—

—

—

—

—

2

—

—

British Transport Police

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Cambridgeshire

—

—

1

1

2

—

—

1

—

—

Cheshire

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Cleveland

—

1

2

—

1

—

—

—

—

—

Cumbria

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Derbyshire

—

—

1

—

—

—

—

1

—

1

Devon and Cornwall

1

1

1

1

—

—

2

1

—

—

Dorset

—

—

—

—

1

—

—

—

—

—

Durham

1

2

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Dyfed Powys

—

—

—

1

2

1

—

—

—

—

Essex

1

1

1

1

2

2

—

—

2

—

Gloucestershire

—

—

—

1

—

—

—

—

—

—

Greater Manchester

5

1

7

11

11

6

9

7

5

4

Gwent

1

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

1

—

Hampshire

1

—

—

—

1

—

—

—

1

—

Hertfordshire

—

—

—

1

—

—

2

1

—

—

Humberside

—

1

2

—

—

1

—

—

1

1

Kent

2

2

3

2

2

—

2

1

1

—

Lancashire

1

1

2

2

1

1

1

—

—

—

Leicestershire

1

1

2

—

1

—

1

1

—

—

Lincolnshire

—

—

—

2

2

1

1

2

—

—

London, City of

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Merseyside

3

2

3

3

6

5

5

7

1

5

Metropolitan Police

23

18

26

26

43

31

21

24

22

29

Norfolk

—

—

1

1

—

1

—

—

—

—

North Wales

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

North Yorkshire

1

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

1

—

Northamptonshire

—

—

—

—

2

—

1

—

—

—

Northumbria

—

1

3

2

—

—

—

1

—

5

Nottinghamshire

—

—

1

—

2

3

5

5

—

1

South Wales

—

—

—

—

—

1

—

—

—

—

South Yorkshire

—

—

—

—

—

2

—

—

2

4

Staffordshire

—

—

—

—

1

1

—

—

1

1

Suffolk

—

—

—

1

—

1

—

—

—

1

Surrey

—

—

—

5

—

—

—

3

—

—

Sussex

1

1

—

—

2

1

1

—

—

1

Thames Valley

1

2

1

2

1

—

4

3

1

—

Warwickshire

—

—

—

—

—

1

—

—

1

—

West Mercia

1

1

—

1

—

—

—

1

—

—

West Midlands

3

5

3

3

7

9

6

6

5

3

West Yorkshire

2

4

1

3

7

1

3

3

4

2

Wiltshire

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Total

52

46

61

72

97

75

67

70

49

59

(1) As at 12 November 2007; figures are revised as cases are dealt with by the police and by the courts, or as further information becomes available.
(2) Includes shooting by crossbows. Excludes cases where firearm was used as a blunt instrument.
(3) Data for 2007-08 are scheduled to be published in January 2009.
(4) Offences are shown according to the year in which the police initially recorded the offence as homicide. This is not necessarily the year in which the incident took place or the year in which any court decision was made.
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