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Murders

Volume 951: debated on Tuesday 6 June 1978

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Mr. Teddy Taylor

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total number of murders made known to the police in 1977; and what were the comparable totals in each year since 1945.

Mr. Milan

The information is set out in the table below:

NUMBER OF MURDERS MADE KNOWN TO THE POLICE 1945–1977 (AS AT 31St DECEMBER
EACH YEAR
Year………Murders made known
1945………24
1946………18
1947………16
1948………14
1949………14
1950………21
1951………9
1952………13
1953………18
1954………14
1955………11
1956………13
1957………12
1958………18
1959………14
1960………16
1961………14
1962………27
1963………16
1964………27
1965………32
1966………30
1967………41
1968………41
1969………31
1970………29
1971………45
1972………47
1973………43
1974………38
1975………47
1976………63
*1977………67
*Provisional
NUMBER OF SCE HIGHER GRADE PASSES
12345+Total
Education authority schools…4,1953,5453,5683,7336,44421,485
Grant-aided schools…1591912483261,1312,055
Independent schools…133172208197257967
Total…4,4873,9084,0244,2567,83224,507