2021/24329 - Convicted of Murder

REQUEST

Could you please provide the number of people who have been convicted of murder in the past five calendar years (from 2016 to 2020) and also from January 2021 to the most recent date available. 

 

Could you please break the data down by these factors: 

 

1. Age of individual convicted - Please provide this information according to the following age brackets:  0-11, 12-17, 18-21, 22-30, 31-40, 41-50, 51-60, 61-70,71-80,81-90,91-100, 100+, unknown/unrecorded. AND for the 12-17 age group could you please breakdown each year, i.e: 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17. 

 

2. Gender - 

 

3. Ethnicity -

 

4. Geographical area (either county, borough, town or road name) where the individual lived when convicted - 

 

5. Police force area in which the crime was committed - for example Metropolitan Police, Greater Manchester Police, West Midlands Police and so on. 

 

6. Ages of victim(s) - 

 

7. The cause of death - 

 

8. Gender and ethnicity of victim if known - 

 

RESPONSE

 

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total number	2	1	1	4 (3 for same incident)	0	0
Offender Age	51-60	41-50	22-30	41-50
	41-50			22-30 31-40 31-40
Offender Gender	Male	Male	Male	Male
	Male			Male Male                          Male
Offender Ethnicity	White – North European	White – North European	Not recorded	Not recorded
	White – North European			Not recorded Not recorded Not recorded
Area	Newport	Newport	New Tredegar	Cwmbran
	Ystrad Mynach			Newport           Newport              Cardiff
Force	Gwent	Gwent	Gwent	Gwent
Victim age	22-30	31-40	51-60	71-80
	71-80			22-30
Cause of death	Strangulation	brain damage, cardiorespiratory arrest	Sharp force injuries	Sharp force injuries
	trauma to head & neck			Blunt force head injury
Gender/ ethnicity of victim	Female/white – North European	Male/white - North European	Male	Male/not recorded
	Female/not recorded			Male/not recorded