You asked
Please provide the number of homicides in the UK from the year 2000 to 2017.
We said
Thank you for your request relating to homicide data.
Annual homicide figures were released alongside our 'Homicide in England and Wales: year ending March 2018' article.
Detailed data on homicides in England and Wales are sourced from the Home Office Homicide Index, which is held and collated by the Home Office.
Table 1 in Appendix tables: homicide in England and Wales published alongside this article contain the homicide statistics you are looking for:
If you would like any information in the future, you can email CrimeStatistics@ons.gov.uk directly and we will endeavour to help.