"Figure 2.2: Homicide offences currently recorded by the police in England and Wales by sex of victim, year ending March 1997 to year ending March 2015","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. Homicide Index data are not designated as National Statistics. 2. Year ending March 2003 includes 42 male and 130 female victims of Dr Harold Shipman. 3. Year ending March 2012 includes 1 victim with unknown gender 4. Year ending March 2015 includes 1 victim with unknown gender." "Unit","Number of victims" "","" "","Male","Female" "1997","459","217" "1998","490","239" "1999","506","235" "2000","515","246" "2001","601","246" "2002","597","257" "2003","537","407" "2004","553","222" "2005","548","231" "2006","467","241" "2007","514","196" "2008","530","199" "2009","442","196" "2010","402","193" "2011","431","201" "2012","355","170" "2013","376","168" "2014","340","183" "2015","331","186"