Homicide rate who age standardized in United Kingdom
United Kingdom: Homicide rate who age standardized was 0.3783 in 2021. βΌ Falling
Latest (2021)
0.3783
Change on year
up 22.6%
World rank
97th
of 110 countries
All-time high
1.52
in 1976
All-time low
0.1797
in 2016
Years of data
72
1950β2021
Homicide rate who age standardized in United Kingdom, 1950β2021
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
United Kingdom recorded 0.3783 for homicide rate who age standardized in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 22.6% on the previous year and up 23.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate who age standardized in United Kingdom peaked at 1.52 in 1976 and was at its lowest, 0.1797, in 2016.
United Kingdom ranks 97th of 110 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 72 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.4662 | 0.4083 | 0.5464 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.6355 | 0.5289 | 0.7433 | 10 |
| 1970s | 1.19 | 0.7501 | 1.52 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.9059 | 0.6588 | 1.11 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8485 | 0.68 | 1.22 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4589 | 0.3123 | 0.886 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3165 | 0.1797 | 0.5716 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3434 | 0.3086 | 0.3783 | 2 |
Countries ranked near United Kingdom
More social development data for United Kingdom
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 581,072 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 517 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh 1 (2025)
- Democracy lexical 1 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 1 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 517 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0084 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate who age standardized in United Kingdom?
- Homicide rate who age standardized in United Kingdom was 0.3783 in 2021, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest homicide rate who age standardized recorded in United Kingdom?
- The highest recorded value was 1.52 in 1976.
- What is the lowest homicide rate who age standardized recorded in United Kingdom?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1797 in 2016.
- How does United Kingdom rank for homicide rate who age standardized?
- United Kingdom ranks 97th out of 110 countries with data for 2021.
- Is homicide rate who age standardized rising or falling in United Kingdom?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United Kingdom data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Homicide rate who age standardized. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV Β· JSON β 72 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).