Murders in London 2021 by age, gender and race

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How many murders in London 2021 by age gender race, % of suspects by gender race unknown

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In London in 2021, there were 131 homicides. 101 of these victims were male (77%), 30 were female (23%).

The ethnic appearance of the victims was as follows:

White 56 (43%)
Black 55 (42%)
Asian 17 (13%)
Other 3 (2%)

The victims’ age ranges can be found below:

<12 3 (2%)
Teenager 31 (24%)
20s 28 (21%)
30s 20 (15%)
40s 21 (16%)
50s 9 (7%)
60> 19 (15%)

With regards to the people proceeded against for the offence of homicide during 2021, the following figures apply:

Male 222 (96%)
Female 10 (4%)

White 67 (29%)
Black 134 (58%)
Asian 25 (11%)
Other 2 (1%)
Unknown 4 (2%)

Teenager 97 (42%)
20s 71 (31%)
30s 32 (14%)
40s 16 (7%)
50s 11 (5%)
60> 5 (2%)

Please note, the people proceeded against data may not correspond with the victim data shown above. This is because there will be a period of time investigating offences prior to proceeding against suspects. The suspect data above are for all individuals we have proceeded against in 2021 regardless of when the homicide was recorded.