Table 1

Numbers of cases initially and currently recorded as homicide, 1978-1998

Table 2

Homicide cases by number of victims and number of accused, 1989-1998

Table 3

Homicide cases by police force, 1989-1998

Table 4

Homicide cases by location, 1989-1998

Table 5

Victims of homicide, by age and sex: numbers of victims and rates per million population, 1989-1998

Table 6

Persons accused in homicide cases by age and sex: numbers of accused persons and rates per million population, 1989-1998

Table 7

Persons accused in homicide cases by employment status, 1989-1998

Table 8

Persons accused in homicide cases by crime and outcome of proceedings, 1989-1998

Table 9

Persons convicted in homicide cases by crime and sentence, 1989-1998

Table 10

Victims of homicide, by sex of victim and main method of killing, 1989-1998

Table 11

Victims of homicide, by sex of victim and relationship of main accused to victim, 1989-1998

Table 12

Victims of homicide, 1989-98 by age and sex of victim, and relationship of main accused to victim

Table 13

Victims of homicide, by main motive of the main accused and sex of the main accused, 1989-1998

Table 14

Victims of homicide, 1989-98: sex of victim, main motive of the main accused, location of killing and relationship of main accused to victim

Table 15

Time taken for the criminal justice system to deal with homicide cases, 1989-1998

Table 16

Comparison of homicide rates in different countries and cities, 1997