You asked
For 2017 - 2018, 2018 – 2019, 2019 – 2020, I would like to know the ethnicity of convicted perpetrators of murder/homicide where this was committed against a black person or someone who identifies as being black.
We said
Thank you for your enquiry.
We publish a release called 'Homicide in England and Wales' which analyses data from the Home Office Homicide Index. The Home Office Homicide Index contains record-level information about each homicide recorded by police in England and Wales.
Appendix table 28 of this release provides the numbers of principal suspects convicted of homicide by the ethnic appearance of the victim and principal suspect. As the table looks at principal suspects, the figures are subject to revision as cases are dealt with by the police and by the courts, or as further information becomes available.
This table is combined data from year ending March 2018 to year ending March 2020. This covers the time period you have requested, but does not split the data down by year, as three-year averages are used to calculate homicide rates by ethnicity because of the low numbers of victims in some of the groups.
As these data are collected by the Home Office it may be worth contacting them directly if you have any further questions about the data. They can be contacted via email at: CrimeandPoliceStats@homeoffice.gov.uk.
If you have any further questions please email us at crimestatistics@ons.gov.uk and we will endeavour to help.