Female Murders
Home Department
David Amess (Southend West, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many women were killed by a current or former male partner in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
Hazel Blears (Minister of State (Policing, Security and Community Safety), Home Office; Salford, Labour)
The latest available information on homicide is published in Home Office Statistical Bulletin number 02–06, 'Violent Crime Overview, Homicide and Gun Crime 2004/2005'. Table 2.05 provides data on victims killed by their partner/ex-partner by victim gender.
The specific information data can be extracted from the Homicide Index and are given in the following table.
| Number of victims | |
|---|---|
| 1995 | 93 |
| 1996 | 94 |
| 1997 | 98 |
| 1997–98 | 99 |
| 1998–99 | 76 |
| 1999–2000 | 88 |
| 2000–01 | 99 |
| 2001–02 | 115 |
| 2002–03 | 105 |
| 2003–04 | 93 |
| 2004–05 | 101 |
Note:
As at