Tristram Hunt
Labour, Stoke-on-Trent Central
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many murders related to domestic violence there have been in each year between 1997 and 2014.
Mike Penning
The Minister of State, Home Department, The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice
The available information is given in the table and is taken from the Home Office Homicide Index.
Data are based on the number of homicides where the victim’s relationship to the principal suspect was partner or ex-partner.
Table A: Offences currently recorded as domestic homicide1,2, 1997/98 to 2013/14 | ||
Relationship to principal suspect | Partner/ex-partner | |
Number of victims | ||
1997/98 | 131 | |
1998/99 | 105 | |
1999/00 | 112 | |
2000/01 | 127 | |
2001/02 | 146 | |
2002/03 | 136 | |
2003/04 | 122 | |
2004/05 | 145 | |
2005/06 | 113 | |
2006/07 | 120 | |
2007/08 | 110 | |
2008/09 | 135 | |
2009/10 | 114 | |
2010/11 | 118 | |
2011/12 | 107 | |
2012/13 | 93 | |
2013/14 | 108 | |
Source: Homicide Index, Home Office | ||
1. As at 5 November 2014; figures are subject to revision as cases are dealt with by the police and by the courts, or as further information becomes available. | ||
2. Offences where the victim's relationship to principal suspect is 'spouse (including civil partner), cohabiting partner, boyfriend/girlfriend, ex-spouse/ex-cohabiting partner/ex-boyfriend/girlfriend, adulterous relationship, lover’s spouse or emotional rival' are shown. | ||
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