Murder and manslaughter rates revealed by police for every area of Yorkshire
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The data, released by police forces across the country, show West Yorkshire has the highest homicide rate in Yorkshire, and was joint 5th in England and Wales overall in the 12 months leading up to the end of March 2018.
-> The dramatic moment police take down burglary suspect after chase through LeedsThe West Yorkshire Police force covers areas including Leeds, Wakefield, Bradford and Halifax.
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Top 5 areas in the UK for homicide (murder/manslaughter) rates:
1. Metropolitan Police (London): 157
2. Greater Manchester: 88
3. West Midlands: 41
4. Sussex: 30
=5. West Yorkshire: 28
=5. Merseyside: 28
-> 15-year-old boy stabbed in suspected arranged fight in LeedsThe number in each area of Yorkshire;
North Yorkshire: 6
South Yorkshire: 10
Humberside: 16
West Yorkshire: 28
Here are the number of homicides recorded by each police force in England and Wales in the 12 months ending March 2018.
The forces are listed alphabetically.
Avon and Somerset 13
Bedfordshire 4
Cambridgeshire 7
Cheshire 5
Cleveland 3
Cumbria 3
Derbyshire 9
Devon and Cornwall 15
Dorset 3
Durham 3
Dyfed-Powys 4
Essex 24
Gloucestershire 3
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Gwent 7
Hampshire 19
Hertfordshire 9
Humberside 16
Kent 14
Lancashire 14
Leicestershire 16
Lincolnshire 7
Merseyside 28
Metropolitan Police 157 (includes 13 homicide victims of the London Bridge/Borough Market and Westminster attacks)
Norfolk 6
North Wales 22
North Yorkshire 6
Northamptonshire 5
Northumbria 15
Nottinghamshire 15
South Wales 12
South Yorkshire 10
Staffordshire 11
Suffolk 2
Surrey 6
Sussex 30
Thames Valley 18
Warwickshire 11
West Mercia 18
West Midlands 41
West Yorkshire 28
Wiltshire 2
(Total for England and Wales: 736)