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From: Home Office Statistical Bulletin

Homicides are relatively rare events, and year-on-year variations need to be interpreted with some caution. A statistical analysis of trends (discussed in Section 1.6) indicates a significant reduction in homicides since 2007/08.


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1. Number of Murders, United States, 2010: 12,996
   
2. Number of Murders by Firearms, US, 2010: 8,775
   
3. Number of Murders, Britain, 2011*: 638
   (Since Britain’s population is 1/5 that of US, this is equivalent to 3,095 US murders)
   
4. Number of Murders by firearms, Britain, 2011*: 58
   (equivalent to 290 US murders)