Rise in Homicides, Knife Crime, and Theft in England and Wales

A police woman places floral tributes near a tent covering the murder scene in Leytonstone in north-east London on April 7, 2007. Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

The number of homicides in England and Wales has risen for the fourth year running, new figures show.

Data released by the UK’s office of statistics shows that, excluding terror attacks, there was a total of 701 homicides in the year ending March 2018—a 12 percent increase from the previous year.