FOI 311826
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 311826
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 15th February 2024. Please find below the response to your request:
Homicides by ethnicity by suspect and victim from 2011 to 2021
Reply
West Mercia Police holds the information you have requested.
Q Homicides by ethnicity by suspect and victim from 2011 to 2021
Caveat: Due to the change in crime recording systems used the ethnicity categories have changed titles. Therefore, the data has been kept separate as the categories are not necessarily a direct comparison.
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Ethnicity of victims and suspects linked to Homicide offences recorded between 01/01/2011 & 02/10/2017 |
Role |
Grand Total |
|
|
Victim |
Suspect |
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|
ASIAN |
3 |
3 |
6 |
|
BLACK |
6 |
6 |
|
|
CHINESE, JAPANESE OR SE ASIAN |
1 |
1 |
|
|
NORTH EUROPEAN - WHITE |
36 |
35 |
71 |
|
SOUTH EUROPEAN - WHITE |
2 |
2 |
|
|
UNKNOWN |
1 |
4 |
5 |
|
WHITE - NORTH EUROPEAN |
9 |
51 |
60 |
|
WHITE EUROPEAN |
2 |
2 |
|
|
Not stated |
6 |
15 |
21 |
|
Grand Total |
59 |
115 |
174 |
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Ethnicity of victims and suspects linked to Homicide offences recorded between 03/10/2017 & 31/12/2021 |
Role |
Grand Total |
|
|
Victim |
Suspect |
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|
Asian |
1 |
8 |
9 |
|
Black |
2 |
17 |
19 |
|
Unknown |
1 |
3 |
4 |
|
White - North European |
20 |
74 |
94 |
|
White - South European |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Not stated |
39 |
22 |
61 |
|
Grand Total |
63 |
125 |
188 |