Across England and Wales, police logged the lowest number of homicide victims since 2016-17, excluding 2020-21, which was affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Office for National Statistics figures show Lancashire Police recorded 16 people dying because of a homicide incident in the year to March – in line with the year before.
It meant there were 10.9 victims per million residents over the last three years.
Nationally, the number of victims fell by 14% from 684 to 590, with 10.2 homicides logged per million people.
Homicide figures are a total of murder, manslaughter and infanticide incidents, where one incident can have more than one victim.
A Home Office spokesperson said: "Everybody has the right to be safe in their neighbourhoods and communities and we are pleased to see overall homicides down year on year by 14%, but we are not complacent.
"Differences in rates between ethnic groups are likely to reflect a range of factors, including differing age profiles, geographical distributions and socioeconomic differences.
"Our programme of activity and interventions, such as Violence Reduction Units, are targeted in hot-spot areas based on the prevalence of crime and are designed to help address homicide and drug misuse among other crimes."
7. Two-year-old boy
A man charged with murdering a two-year-old child will face trial in Preston later this month. Daniel Hardcastle, 30, from Blackpool, appeared before a judge for the first time in September after being sent to the Crown Court for trial by magistrates in the resort last week. Hardcastle, who only spoke to confirm his name, was remanded in custody to await trial which was fixed by Judge Robert Altham for February 27. The court heard the trial is expected to take up to two days. | National World
8. David Read
David Read's body was found in a flat on Leamington Road shortly before 11.40am on June 7. A post-mortem examination showed the 50-year-old died of multiple injuries. It was later discovered that defendant Mohammed Ali Khan had carried out a prolonged and extensive assault using a hammer and scissors. | Lancashire Police
9. Charlotte Wilcock
Anthony Stinson, 31, came across Charlotte Wilcock on the evening of March 3 as she smoked a cigarette on her doorstep in Primrose Terrace, Blackburn. He then kicked her and stabbed her to death with a Stanley knife in her hallway. Ms Wilcock’s 15-month-old daughter was left alone upstairs until police officers discovered her the next day. | Lancashire Police
10. Preston Davey
Preston Davey, 1, was rushed into hospital in an unresponsive state and was sadly pronounced dead a short time later. A 34-year-old was arrested on suspicion of murder and a 30-year-old arrested on suspicion of causing and allowing the death of a child and child neglect. They were later released on bail while an investigation continued. | Contributed
11. Andrej Minin
Police were called to a home in Nelson at around 5.20am on November 5 after ambulance crews found a man dead inside the property. He was later named as 53-year-old Andrej Minin. A post-mortem examination found he died as a result of blunt force trauma to the head and neck. | Contributed
12. Damian Jackson
Damian Jackson, 50, was found dead in his address on Regent Street, Lancaster, on Tuesday, July 25. A post-mortem examination found he died from "multiple injuries". Police said his death was being treated as murder. | Lancashire Police