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<p>The available information on the number of convictions for homicide offences in
England and Wales is given in the table and is taken from the Home Office Homicide
Index.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><strong>Table 1: Offenders convicted of
homicide<sup>1,2,3</sup>, 2010/11 to 2013/14</strong></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><strong>England
and Wales</strong></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td><strong></strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Outcome<sup>4</sup></strong></td><td><strong>2010/11</strong></td><td><strong>2011/12</strong></td><td><strong>2012/13</strong></td><td><strong>2013/14</strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong></strong></td><td
colspan="4"><em>Numbers</em></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Convicted of homicide:</strong></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Murder</td><td>259</td><td>236</td><td>243</td><td>194</td></tr><tr><td>Sec.
2 manslaughter</td><td>26</td><td>26</td><td>25</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>Other
manslaughter</td><td>133</td><td>98</td><td>110</td><td>93</td></tr><tr><td>Infanticide</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Total
convicted of homicide</strong></td><td><strong>420</strong></td><td><strong>361</strong></td><td><strong>379</strong></td><td><strong>306</strong></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Number
of homicide cases completed at court <sup>5</sup></strong></td><td><strong>357</strong></td><td><strong>326</strong></td><td><strong>326</strong></td><td><strong>239</strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong></strong></td><td><strong></strong></td><td><strong></strong></td><td><strong></strong></td><td><strong></strong></td></tr><tr><td><em>1.
Source: Homicide Index, Home Office </em></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="5">2. Homicide Index data are not designated as National Statistics</td></tr><tr><td
colspan="5">3. As at 5 November 2014; figures are subject to revision as cases are
dealt with by the police and the courts, or as further information becomes available.</td></tr><tr><td
colspan="4">4. Includes offenders whose court proceedings were completed by 5 November
2014.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5">5. These figures are based on number of
homicide cases concluded at court (e.g. the number of victims in currently recorded
homicides), rather than the number of suspects who have been to court.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data
are based on the number of offenders whose court proceedings have been completed.
Due to the time it can take for cases to pass through the criminal justice system,
more recent years will contain a greater number of homicides that remain under investigation
and therefore fewer convictions in those years. Updated figures for the number of
people convicted of homicide in previous years, along with new figures for 2014/15
will be published by the Office for National Statistics in their Focus on Violence
publication on 11 February 2016.</p>
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