"Figure 3: The number of male homicide victims has decreased in the latest year while the number of female victims has remained the same.","" "Number of homicide victims, England and Wales, year ending March 2001 to year ending March 2021 ","" "","" "Notes","1. Year ending March 2003 includes 43 male and 130 female victims of Dr Harold Shipman. 2. Year ending March 2017 includes 89 male and seven female victims of Hillsborough. 3. Year ending March 2017 includes one female and three male victims of the Westminster Bridge attack. 4. Year ending March 2018 includes 21 female and 10 male victims of terrorist attacks that involved multiple victims and 11 male victims of Shoreham air crash. 5. Year ending March 2020 includes 30 male and nine female victims whose bodies were found in a lorry in Essex. " "Unit","Number of homicide victims " "","" "Year ending","Male","Female" "Mar-01","534","226" "Mar-02","548","243" "Mar-03","537","407" "Mar-04","554","222" "Mar-05","547","231" "Mar-06","469","241" "Mar-07","516","197" "Mar-08","532","200" "Mar-09","441","196" "Mar-10","399","193" "Mar-11","432","200" "Mar-12","354","170" "Mar-13","375","167" "Mar-14","337","184" "Mar-15","319","184" "Mar-16","369","170" "Mar-17","503","172" "Mar-18","478","218" "Mar-19","416","219" "Mar-20","495","177" "Mar-21","416","177"