"Figure 1: Incidence rate per million population for homicide offences currently recorded by the police in England and Wales ","" "Year ending December 1967 to year ending March 2017","" "","" "Notes","1. Year ending December 1987 includes 15 victims of Michael Ryan. 2. Year ending March 2001 includes 58 Chinese nationals who suffocated in a lorry on the way into the UK. 3. Year ending March 2003 includes 172 victims of Dr Harold Shipman. 4. Year ending March 2004 includes 20 cockle pickers who drowned in Morecambe Bay. 5. Year ending March 2006 includes 52 victims of the 7 July London bombings. 6. Year ending March 2011 includes 12 victims of Derrick Bird. " "Unit","Rate per million population" "","" "year ending","Homicide offences","Excluding Hillsborough victims" "Dec-67","7.3","" "Dec-68","7.4","" "Dec-69","6.8","" "Dec-70","7.0","" "Dec-71","8.3","" "Dec-72","8.3","" "Dec-73","8.0","" "Dec-74","10.7","" "Dec-75","9.0","" "Dec-76","9.9","" "Dec-77","8.5","" "Dec-78","9.6","" "Dec-79","11.1","" "Dec-80","11.1","" "Dec-81","10.1","" "Dec-82","11.2","" "Dec-83","9.7","" "Dec-84","10.8","" "Dec-85","10.7","" "Dec-86","11.2","" "Dec-87","11.9","" "Dec-88","10.9","" "Dec-89","10.3","" "Dec-90","10.9","" "Dec-91","12.3","" "Dec-92","11.4","" "Dec-93","11.1","" "Dec-94","12.4","" "Dec-95","13.0","" "Dec-96","11.4","" "Dec-97","11.8","" "Mar-98","11.6","" "Mar-99","12.2","" "Mar-00","12.7","" "Mar-01","14.4","" "Mar-02","15.2","" "Mar-03","17.9","" "Mar-04","14.7","" "Mar-05","14.7","" "Mar-06","13.2","" "Mar-07","13.2","" "Mar-08","13.4","" "Mar-09","11.7","" "Mar-10","10.8","" "Mar-11","11.4","" "Mar-12","9.4","" "Mar-13","9.6","" "Mar-14","9.1","" "Mar-15","8.9","" "Mar-16","9.8","" "Mar-17","12.1","10.5"