Homicide: Reoffenders
(asked on 23rd May 2018) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 26 July 2017, how many people were killed by individuals who had previously been convicted of murder or manslaughter, in each of the last ten years for which figures are available.
Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
The Home Office Homicide Index holds data on the number of people in England and Wales who have been killed by persons who have been previously convicted of homicide. The information is given in the table.
Table 1: Number of homicides in England and Wales known to have been committed by suspects who had been previously convicted of homicide1,2,3 , 2007/08 to 2016/17 | ||||||||||
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| 2007/08 | 2008/09 | 2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 |
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Number of homicide victims | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
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1. Source: Homicide Index, Home Office |
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2. Homicide Index data are designated as National Statistics |
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3. As at 16 November 2017; figures are subject to revision as cases are dealt with by the police and by the courts, or as further information becomes available. | ||||||||||
The figure excludes persons who have been killed by those who may have been convicted outside England and Wales (for whom there is incomplete information), and persons who have been killed by those not previously convicted of homicide by reason of their mental state.