"Figure 9: Most victims of homicide were men and victims of violence without injury were more likely to be women","" "England and Wales, year ending March 2020","" "","" "Notes","1. Police recorded crime data are not designated as National Statistics. In accordance with the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007, figures from the Homicide Index have been re-assessed against the Code of Practice for Statistics and found to meet the required standard for designation as National Statistics. 2. Police recorded crime data are based on 41 forces that provided data via the Home Office Data Hub or in manual return. Data have not been reconciled with forces. 3. Figures for homicide are for all police forces in England and Wales (including British Transport Police) and are taken from the Home Office Homicide Index." "Unit","Proportion of offences" "","" "","Female","Male" "Violence without injury","60","40" "Violence with injury","49","51" "Homicide ","27","73" "Violence against the person","56","44"