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ONS · method of killing: Poison or drugs

Homicides (Homicide Index): Poison or drugs

Year ending March 2025

4offences

Homicides (Homicide Index) for Poison or drugs totalled 4 offences in the period to Year ending March 2025, down 50.0% (4) on the period before.

  1. ONS dataset
  2. Worksheet 8
  3. Poison or drugs
  4. column “Apr 2024 to Mar 2025”
  5. 4 per period
  6. published 5 February 2026

Year ending March 2015 to Year ending March 2025

Homicides by method of killing: Year ending March 2015 to Year ending March 2025CoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour0102020162018202020222024Year ending March 2015: 25 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2016: 16 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2017: 19 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2018: 23 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2019: 15 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2020: 14 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2021: 14 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2022: 17 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2023: 7 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2024: 8 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2025: 4 offences · published 5 February 2026
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What this measures

Offences currently recorded as homicide in England and Wales by the apparent method of killing, for all victims, for each year ending March since 2015 (Homicide Index, Table 8a).

Methods for male and female victims separately, the percentage table beneath the counts, or homicides recorded by the police that were later reclassified.

Source

Dataset
Homicide in England and Wales: appendix tables
Release
Year ending March 2025, published 5 February 2026 · sha256 af06b51f2372f561…
All values
Homicides (Homicide Index) by method of killing