We have recorded at least 51 UK women and girls aged 13 and over who have been killed so far in 2025 in circumstances in which a man or men are primary suspects. We know that over the course of the next weeks and months, this figure will increase. https://t.co/YBGKUSp64f

26 March 2024: Vivienne Baraka, 35, was killed via strangulation at an address in Ealing. Alvin Gitahi, 43, has been charged with her murder.

27 September 2025: Ann Green, 61, was found dead at a property in Bromyard, Herefordshire. Julian Thomas, 54, has been charged with her murder.

29 September 2025: Anjanee Sandhir, 39, was found dead at a property in Wolverhampton, West Midlands. Her husband, Shivinder Sandhir, 41, has been charged with her murder.

23 August 2023: Claire Knights, 54, was sexually assaulted & killed by a stranger when she was walking at Minnis Bay, Kent. Harrison Lawrence-van Poss, 20, was convicted of murder & a charge of upskirting to another woman. He has been sentenced to a minimum of 31yrs.

24 July 2023: Ann Blackwood, 71, was found fatally injured in a cemetery in Stubbington, Hampshire. Her ex-husband, Martin Suter, 66, has pleaded guilty to murder. He also faces 6 additional charges regarding assaulting a girl under 14.

9 August 2025: Kimberley Thompson, 43, was found dead at a home in Northampton, Northamptonshire. Her former partner, Michael Thompson, 55, has been charged with her rape and murder.

Finally! An arrest warrant has been issued by a Kenyan High Court for a former British soldier in connection with the murder of 21-yr-old Agnes Wanjiru in 2012. A judge has said there is sufficient evidence to compel him to appear on a charge of murder.

27 August 2025: Halyna Hoisan (also known as Lina), 29 was stabbed to death at a residential address in Greenwich, Southeast London. Yurii Muzyka, 33, has been charged with her murder.

On 6 April 2024: Kennedi Westcarr-Sabaroche, 25, was beaten, stabbed & strangled to death in her car in Hackney. Her ex-boyfriend, Gogoa Tope, 27, pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility and was given a hospital order.

CONVICTED: On 17 August 2024, Nina Denisova, 39, was stabbed to death at a property she was staying the night at, in Dartford, Kent. Ernesto Juska, 20, a social acquaintance, has been convicted of murder and a sexual offence on a deceased woman’s body.

7 September 2025: Linner Sang, 39, was stabbed to death at a home in Reading, Berkshire. Her husband, Edwin Kiplangat, 29, has been charged with murder and 2 counts of assault.

24 August 2025: Sheryl Wilkins, 39, was found dead on a road in Haringey, North London. Simon Levy, 40, has been charged with her murder.

28 August 2025: Ndata Bobb, 43, was found dead at an address in Edinburgh, Scotland. Momodou Bobb, 55, has been charged with murder.

31 August 2024: Sandra Squires, 82, was stabbed to death in her home in Southborough, Kent. Her grandson, unnamed, 24, died days later, after being arrested on suspicion of murder. The police are not looking for anyone else in connection to her death.

UNLAWFULLY KILLED: On 18 June 2024, Delia Haxworth, 85 was suffocated to death at the home she shared with her husband, in Bath. Her husband, William Haxworth, 87 was found unfit to stand trial. The trial of facts found he killed Delia, unlawfully.

28 August 2025: Tia Langdon, 25, died of injuries after falling from a block of flats in Southampton, Hampshire. Jaiden Hassan-Agard, 18, has been charged with manslaughter as well as making threats to kill, false imprisonment, and threatening with an offensive weapon.

CONVICTED: On 14 December 2024, Mariann Borocz, 55, was last seen alive. A stranger, Christopher Barlow, 61, killed Mariann at his home, and hid her body in his shed, in Bolton, Greater Manchester. He has been convicted of her murder and awaiting his sentence.

8 March 2025: Anjela Chetty, 60, was found dead in Andover, Hampshire. A second woman also suffered severe injuries. Sashin Vishay Kumardew, 31, has been charged with murder and attempted murder.

27 July 2025: Nkiru Chima, 60, was stabbed to death at a property in Romford, East London. It is believed a 20-year-old man (currently unnamed) stabbed her before killing himself. Police are confident he is connected to Nkiru’s death.