Matt Ashby @mattashby.com · Jan 29 And (because people sometimes suggest this), the low rate of firearms homicides in England and Wales isn't explained by us having more knife homicides: Australia, Canada and the US have similar knife-homicide rates as us, but we have much lower firearms-homicide rates.
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Young male victims of homicide were particularly likely to be killed with a sharp instrument, while older male victims were more-often killed by hitting or kicking. Female victims were more likely than male victims to be killed by strangulation or with a blunt object.