Murder Statistics
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/24/006898/Q
Version Date: 10/09/2024
The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information.
1) How many charges for Murder were given in your forces area over the previous years stated below, starting from 2018
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
Please split this data up by the number of charges for each year. If this is not possible, could you please provide this information as a total over the previous years listed above. Please provide this information in spreadsheet format (CSV or XLS).
Data Processing:
Crimes recorded on crime information system - NICHE
Cancelled crimes excluded, Non notifiable crimes excluded
Qliksense Report: Occurrence - People Links (all)
Filtered by Outcome Date: January 1st 2018 to December 31st 2023
Offence Group: Homicide
Offender: Yes
Outcome: Charged, Summonsed/Postal Requisition
|
Year |
Charge Outcomes |
|
2018 |
9 |
|
2019 |
9 |
|
2020 |
15 |
|
2021 |
14 |
|
2022 |
6 |
|
2023 |
13 |
|
Total |
66 |
2) Within your forces area, could you provide a breakdown of the areas that have the most murder charges.
This does not need to be broken down by postcode, towns would be sufficient for this.
Please note, the sub sector applies to where the homicide took place.
|
Sub Sector |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
Total |
|
Ashburton & Buckfastleigh |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Barnstaple |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
Bideford |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Bodmin |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
Bovey Tracey |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Braunton |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Callington |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Camborne |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Devonport |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
|
Exeter |
1 |
6* |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
|
Exmouth |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Falmouth |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Fowey, Lostwithiel & St Blazey |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Hayle |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Helston |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Honiton |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Ilfracombe |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Ivybridge |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Liskeard |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Newton Abbot |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
No Sub Sector Identified |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Paignton |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
|
Parkway |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Penzance |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
|
Perranporth |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Plymouth City Centre & the Waterfront |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Plymouth East & Efford |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Plymouth North |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Redruth & Illogan |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Seaton & Sidmouth |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
St Austell Rural |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
St. Budeaux |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Stonehouse |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
|
Teignmouth |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Tiverton |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Torquay |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Torrington |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Truro |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Total |
9 |
9 |
15 |
14 |
6 |
13 |
66 |
*the increased figures for Exeter 2019 are a result of a triple homicide - Triple killer Alexander Lewis-Ranwell not guilty of murder due to insanity - BBC News