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Baroness David
asked Her Majesty's Government:How many convictions for murder were there in each year from 1957 to 1987.
Earl Ferrers
The number of persons convicted of murder is published annually in Table S2.1(A) of Criminal Statistics, England and Wales, Supplementary Tables Volume 2, copies of which are in the Library; the figures for 1957–86 are given in the following table. The corresponding figure for 1987 is not yet available.
| Table: Persons convicted of murder in England and Wales | |
| Year | Number |
| 1957 | 40 |
| 1958 | 30 |
| 1959 | 42 |
| 1960 | 42 |
| 1961 | 51 |
| 1962 | 31 |
| 1963 | 46 |
| 1964 | 44 |
| 1965 | 57 |
| 1966 | 72 |
| 1967 | 63 |
| 1968 | 74 |
| 1969 | 75 |
| 1970 | 97 |
| 1971 | 97 |
| 1972 | 79 |
| 1973 | 90 |
| 1974 | 112 |
| 1975 | 107 |
| 1976 | 104 |
| 1977 | 115 |
| 1978 | 105 |
| 1979 | 136 |
| 1980 | 169 |
| 1981 | 126 |
| 1982 | 184 |
| 1983 | 132 |
| 1984 | 156 |
| 1985 | 173 |
| 1986 | 179 |