Table C—Offences currently( 1) recorded as homicide by apparent method of killing and age of victim: England and Wales, 1997-98 to 2007-08( 2, 3)
Year offence initially recorded as homicide( 2)
Apparent method
Victim age (years)
1997-98
1998-99
1999-00
2000-01
2001-02
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
Sharp instrument
Under 1 year
—
—
2
1
—
1
2
—
—
1
—
1 to 4 incl.
1
1
1
1
2
1
3
—
—
1
2
5 to 15 incl.
5
1
5
4
7
4
6
1
4
5
10
16 to 29 incl.
70
63
83
83
99
91
102
95
93
112
102
30 to 49 incl.
89
94
86
96
104
108
95
104
83
114
114
50 to 69 incl.
31
30
30
23
38
39
26
46
32
33
38
70 plus
6
12
6
7
11
22
8
14
7
3
4
Sharp instrument total
202
201
213
215
261
266
242
260
219
269
270
Blunt instrument
Under 1 year
2
1
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1 to 4 incl.
—
—
—
1
2
—
—
1
1
—
—
5 to 15 incl.
1
—
2
3
—
1
—
—
—
1
2
16 to 29 incl.
17
22
23
14
15
8
15
25
16
7
17
30 to 49 incl.
23
18
25
39
30
23
30
18
21
21
21
50 to 69 incl.
17
14
12
12
9
7
18
14
14
9
13
70 plus
8
10
7
8
4
9
10
8
8
7
13
Blunt instrument total
68
65
70
77
60
48
73
66
60
45
66
Hitting, kicking, etc.
Under 1 year
2
4
1
1
3
3
2
1
1
1
6
1 to 4 incl.
4
1
—
1
1
3
4
1
1
1
2
5 to 15 incl.
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
1
2
—
16 to 29 incl.
23
26
22
24
31
28
28
31
30
34
40
30 to 49 incl.
46
37
53
50
65
68
62
46
52
67
77
50 to 69 incl.
18
14
10
15
28
28
28
32
20
25
29
70 plus
8
5
7
9
14
17
10
14
6
11
9
unknown
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
Hitting, kicking, etc. total
103
89
95
102
145
150
137
127
111
141
163
Strangulation( 4)
Under 1 year
6
6
2
7
5
9
3
4
2
1
2
1 to 4 incl.
1
2
2
3
3
1
2
1
2
6
5
5 to 15 incl.
3
8
4
12
3
4
2
6
2
2
1
16 to 29 incl.
21
17
14
27
17
18
15
15
11
17
15
30 to 49 incl.
16
18
21
26
31
20
25
22
21
18
19
50 to 69 incl.
8
15
10
9
8
8
13
8
11
8
10
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70 plus
7
12
3
5
11
7
7
8
8
2
5
unknown
—
—
—
58
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Strangulation total
62
78
56
147
78
67
67
64
57
54
57
Shooting( 5)
Under 1 year
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1 to 4 incl.
—
—
—
1
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
5 to 15 incl.
2
—
—
1
4
2
2
2
—
5
2
16 to 29 incl.
15
20
25
35
47
36
27
36
28
32
30
30 to 49 incl.
29
21
29
25
36
31
26
23
17
14
16
50 to 69 incl.
5
5
6
7
7
6
10
2
4
7
3
70 plus
1
—
1
3
2
—
2
4
—
1
2
unknown
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
3
1
—
—
Shooting total
52
46
61
72
97
75
67
70
50
59
53
Explosion( 6)
Under 1 year
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1 to 4 incl.
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
5 to 15 incl.
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
16 to 29 incl.
1
—
1
1
—
1
—
1
24
—
—
30 to 49 incl.
—
1
3
1
—
1
—
—
21
—
—
50 to 69 incl.
—
1
—
—
1
—
—
1
8
1
—
70 plus
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Explosion total
1
2
4
2
1
2
—
2
53
1
—
Burning
Under 1 year
—
1
—
1
—
1
—
1
1
—
—
1 to 4 incl.
4
4
—
1
2
2
1
1
—
3
2
5 to 15 incl.
8
4
3
1
3
7
6
3
5
5
3
16 to 29 incl.
4
8
1
4
4
3
6
1
8
2
7
30 to 49 incl.
9
5
4
8
12
5
9
11
9
12
10
50 to 69 incl.
2
6
1
3
4
2
5
12
3
3
2
70 plus
1
4
4
—
4
2
1
3
1
4
3
Burning total
28
32
13
18
29
22
28
32
27
29
27
Drowning( 7)
Under 1 year
2
1
1
1
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
1 to 4 incl.
1
3
—
2
1
4
2
2
1
1
1
5 to 15 incl.
—
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
—
1
—
16 to 29 incl.
2
—
1
2
5
—
4
4
2
—
4
30 to 49 incl.
—
1
2
2
2
—
16
4
1
6
—
50 to 69 incl.
1
—
1
—
1
1
—
1
—
1
1
70 plus
—
—
—
—
1
1
—
—
—
—
—
Drowning total
6
6
6
9
12
7
24
12
4
9
6
Poison or drugs( 8)
Under 1 year
1
—
—
2
—
1
1
1
2
—
—
1 to 4 incl.
—
3
4
2
1
3
—
4
1
3
2
5 to 15 incl.
—
7
4
3
—
5
2
—
2
1
1
16 to 29 incl.
5
11
9
10
10
9
3
6
4
9
3
30 to 49 incl.
7
8
8
9
16
10
9
10
12
9
14
50 to 69 incl.
2
10
5
1
3
28
1
4
3
1
—
70 plus
2
8
23
6
5
146
4
4
7
3
—
Poison or drugs total
17
47
53
33
35
202
20
29
31
26
20
Motor vehicle( 9)
Under 1 year
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1 to 4 incl.
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
1
—
—
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5 to 15 incl.
—
—
1
1
1
1
3
—
—
—
—
16 to 29 incl.
5
8
1
6
7
4
8
8
5
1
3
30 to 49 incl.
6
4
6
7
8
10
6
8
3
4
7
50 to 69 incl.
2
2
3
1
3
4
3
5
4
—
1
70 plus
—
—
—
—
—
2
2
—
1
—
1
unknown
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
Motor vehicle total
13
14
11
16
19
21
22
22
14
6
12
Other
Under 1 year
15
20
19
34
8
16
14
12
11
9
12
1 to 4 incl.
4
3
2
7
5
11
5
8
—
6
5
5 to 15 incl.
3
—
1
1
—
1
1
2
—
1
4
16 to 29 incl.
4
2
1
11
5
4
5
5
2
5
8
30 to 49 incl.
2
5
4
7
5
7
3
6
4
10
9
50 to 69 incl.
4
8
5
4
6
4
3
4
2
7
8
70 plus
6
5
8
4
11
5
5
4
6
3
6
Other total
38
43
40
68
40
48
36
41
25
41
52
Not known
Under 1 year
1
4
5
—
—
2
4
3
6
4
4
1 to 4 incl.
1
3
2
1
1
1
2
1
2
4
2
5 to 15 incl.
2
1
—
—
4
5
1
2
4
4
1
16 to 29 incl.
6
3
17
4
6
11
13
19
20
19
11
30 to 49 incl.
6
6
18
7
11
14
22
19
31
18
10
50 to 69 incl.
3
5
8
2
5
6
16
3
3
10
9
70 plus
—
1
3
—
4
6
2
2
5
3
—
unknown
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
10
1
—
—
Not known total
19
23
53
14
31
45
60
59
72
62
37
Total all victims
609
646
675
773
808
953
776
784
723
742
763
— denotes nil (1) As at 4 November 2008; figures are subject to revision as cases are dealt with by the police and by the courts, or as further information becomes available. (2) Offences are shown according to the year in which they were initially recorded as homicide, which is not necessarily the year in which the offence took place or the year in which any court decision was made. (3) Data for 2008-09 are not yet published. (4) Including asphyxiation. Year 2000-01 includes 58 Chinese nationals who collectively suffocated in a lorry en route into the UK. (5) These figures include shooting by crossbows, but excludes cases where the firearm was used as a blunt instrument. (6) Year 2005-06 includes 52 victims of the 7 July London bombings. (7) Year 2003-04 includes 20 cockle pickers who drowned in Morecambe Bay. (8) Year 2002-03 includes 172 victims of Dr. Shipman. (9) Excluding death by careless/dangerous driving and aggravated vehicle taking.
