"Figure 2: The number of male homicide victims has decreased whilst the number of female victims has increased in the latest year","" "Number of homicide victims, England and Wales, year ending March 2000 to year ending March 2019 (excluding Hillsborough victims)","" "","" "Notes","1. Year ending March 2003 includes 43 male and 130 female victims of Dr Harold Shipman. 2. Year ending March 2017 excludes 89 male and seven female victims of Hillsborough. 3. Year ending March 2017 includes two female and three male victims of terrorist attacks. 4. Year ending March 2018 includes 21 female, 10 male victims of terrorist attacks that involved multiple victims and 11 male victims of Shoreham air crash." "Unit","Number of homicide victims" "","" "","Male","Female" "Mar 00","445","227" "Mar 01","537","227" "Mar 02","549","244" "Mar 03","537","407" "Mar 04","553","222" "Mar 05","548","231" "Mar 06","467","241" "Mar 07","514","197" "Mar 08","530","199" "Mar 09","441","196" "Mar 10","402","193" "Mar 11","432","200" "Mar 12","355","170" "Mar 13","375","169" "Mar 14","336","182" "Mar 15","323","185" "Mar 16","374","171" "Mar 17","414","165" "Mar 18","484","220" "Mar 19","429","241"