Homicide (police-recorded) during the Coalition 2010–2015 government
Year ending March 2010 → Year ending March 2015 · 5 periods
↓ 13.1%−81 offences
Homicide (police-recorded) fell by 13.1% over the period, from 620 offences (Year ending March 2010, the level when the government took office) to 539 (Year ending March 2015, the last complete period before it left office).
Inherited level Year ending March 2010: 620
Level when it left Year ending March 2015: 539
method: latest complete period before start / before end
Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.
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Definition and caveats
Offences of murder, manslaughter and infanticide recorded by the police in England and Wales in a 12-month period.
Doesn’t measure: The Home Office Homicide Index, which is the definitive count after cases are reclassified, or deaths from dangerous driving.