http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35372940

Murders and killings in England and Wales have increased to their highest level for five years, figures show.

The 14% increase in the year to September 2015 was largely due to a high number of deaths in June when 75 people were killed in one month, the Office for National Statistics found.

There were 574 murders and killings in total, 71 more than the previous year.

Overall reported crime was up by 6% to 4.3 million offences but the ONS said it was due to better recording methods.

While the murder rate in England and Wales has risen, it remains significantly lower than it was a decade ago because of 10 years of previous falls.
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Knife crime was up 9% with 27,487 offences, while gun crime was up 4% to 4,994 offences. The latter increase was mostly driven by a rise in gun offences in London, the ONS said.

Overall crime figures have risen but this was put down to "a greater proportion of reports of crime being recorded" following improvements by police forces rather than actual numbers of crimes going up.

But the ONS said rises in knife attacks and gun offences were less likely to explained by changes in recording practices.