You asked
May I be given the totals for Homicide crimes recorded in England and Wales for year 2020 broken down by race: White, black and Asian?
We said
Thank you for your request.
We publish Homicide data from the Home Office Homicide Index, which contains information about each homicide recorded by police in England and Wales. The latest data we have is for the year ending March 2020.
The Appendix tables listed below, published alongside the release Homicide in England and Wales: year ending March 2020, contain breakdowns by ethnicity of the victim or perpetrator.
5a and 5b: Offences currently recorded as homicide, by age and ethnic appearance of victim
6: Rates per million population of currently recorded homicide offences by victim's ethnic appearance, annual average based on three years combined data
9: Offences currently recorded as homicide by a sharp instrument, by age and ethnic appearance of victim
28: Principal suspects convicted of homicide, by ethnic appearance of victim and principal suspect
29: Proportion of the population and proportion of convicted principal suspects by suspects ethnic appearance
The data in these tables are supplied to us by the Home Office. For further information relating specifically to the Home Office Homicide Index you can contact the Home Office directly at CrimeandPoliceStats@homeoffice.gov.uk.
If you have any crime-related queries in future, you can email crimestatistics@ons.gov.uk and we will endeavour to help you.