Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will (a) collect comparative data on the sex, age, relationship, race and ethnicity of the perpetrator and victim of homicide, (b) collect data on any previous convictions relating to abuse or violence and (c) disaggregate that data by police force area.

The Home Office Homicide Index contains detailed information on every homicide recorded by the police in England and Wales. The Homicide Index includes information on the age, sex and ethnicity of both victims and suspects, and the relationship between the victim and the suspect. Information is also published on how many of those convicted of homicide have a previous conviction for homicide.

Information from the Homicide Index is published annually in the Office for National Statistics publication Focus on Violent Crime and Sexual Offences. The most recent information, for 2014/15, can be found here: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/compendium/focusonviolentcrimeandsexualoffences/yearendingmarch2015

Information for 2015/16 is due to be published by the ONS in February 2017.

In addition the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published, in partnership with the Home Office and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), a new statistical bulletin and data tool in relation to domestic abuse, bringing together comprehensive data on domestic abuse, including domestic homicide, at a local level.