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Of the *** recorded homicides in England and Wales in 2024/25, ***of the victims were male, and *** victims were female. During this provided time period, the reporting year with the highest number of homicides was 2017/18, when *** were reported, while 2016/17 had the second-highest number of homicides at ***. Male homicide victims outnumber female homicide victims in every reporting year.

Vast majority of homicides committed by men

Although more likely to be the victims of homicide, men are also responsible for far more homicides than women are, with most homicide suspects being male in England and Wales. Between 2010/11 and 2023/24, there have been men indicted for homicide, compared with ***women. Additionally, a high number of female homicides were perpetrated by men that they knew. Between 2009/10 and 2024/25,  women were killed by their partners or ex-partners, with family members responsible for *** homicides in the same time period.

Knives are used in a considerable share of cases

Sharp instruments such as knives were used in ***percent of homicides in England and Wales in 2024/25, by far the most of any method of that reporting year. Overall, there were ***knife homicides in this reporting year, compared with just ** homicides where a firearm was used. While shootings are relatively rare in the UK, there has been a sizable increase in knife crime recently, with offenses almost doubling between 2013/14 and 2019/20, when knife crime offenses reached a peak of *.