Overview
- The dataset was compiled from Freedom of Information requests to every UK police force, supported by local newspaper archive research.
- Entries span from the pre‑war period to the last decade, combining nationally notorious files with long‑forgotten local cases.
- Every listed homicide was the subject of a major police investigation, often constrained by the evidential limits of the time.
- Reported patterns across the cases include seemingly random attacks, usually on women, carried out by unidentified strangers.
- The searchable map accompanies Britain’s 1,000 Unsolved Murders Vol II: Midnight Stalkers and highlights cases such as Jean Townsend in Ruislip and Tina Bell in Billingham, with no new arrests reported.