"Figure 2.2: Homicide offences currently recorded by the police in England and Wales by sex of victim, year ending March 1997 to year ending March 2016","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. Year ending March 2003 includes 42 male and 130 female victims of Dr Harold Shipman. 2. Year ending March 2012 includes 1 victim with unknown gender. 3. Year ending March 2015 includes 1 victim with unknown gender. 4. Year ending March 2016 includes 1 victim with unknown gender. " "Unit","Number of victims" "","" "Year","Male","Female" "Apr 96 to Mar 97","372","201" "Apr 97 to Mar 98","395","209" "Apr 98 to Mar 99","427","213" "Apr 99 to Mar 00","445","227" "Apr 00 to Mar 01","537","227" "Apr 01 to Mar 02","549","244" "Apr 02 to Mar 03","537","407" "Apr 03 to Mar 04","553","222" "Apr 04 to Mar 05","548","231" "Apr 05 to Mar 06","467","239" "Apr 06 to Mar 07","514","196" "Apr 07 to Mar 08","530","199" "Apr 08 to Mar 09","442","196" "Apr 09 to Mar 10","402","193" "Apr 10 to Mar 11","432","201" "Apr 11 to Mar 12","355","170" "Apr 12 to Mar 13","375","168" "Apr 13 to Mar 14","339","181" "Apr 14 to Mar 15","327","186" "Apr 15 to Mar 16","395","175"