Firearms: Greater London
(asked on 27th October 2016) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many gun-related homicides have taken place in (a) London and (b) Bethnal Green and Bow in each year since 2005.
The Home Office Homicide Index contains information on homicides recorded by the police at the police force area level. Data on the number of homicides recorded by the police in London where the method of killing was by shooting are given in the Table.
The data refer to the position as at 13 November 2015, when the Homicide Index was frozen for the purpose of analysis.
Information on homicides recorded in 2015/16 will be published by the Office for National Statistics in February 2017.
Table: Homicide offences1 recorded by the police in London2 where the method of killing was by shooting | |
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Year | Number of offences |
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2005/06 | 23 |
2006/07 | 29 |
2007/08 | 23 |
2008/09 | 20 |
2009/10 | 16 |
2010/11 | 25 |
2011/12 | 15 |
2012/13 | 5 |
2013/14 | 10 |
2014/15 | 5 |
1. Source: Homicide Index, Home Office |
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2. London includes City of London and Metropolitan Police | |
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