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."
13. Fiona Robinson
Jason Gowen, from Chorley, was given a life sentence at Preston Crown Court on January 17 with Judge Robert Altham ordering he must stay behind bars until at least 2043 before being considered for parole. The 28-year-old was said to have carried out a vicious and sustained assault on 37-year-old Fiona Robinson. He then tried to cover up his guilt by pretending to do CPR on her lifeless body when emergency services arrived. | Lancashire Police
14. Liam Smith
Liam Smith, 38, originally from Chorley, was shot in the face and then had acid poured over him outside his home in Wigan in November 2022. Michael Hillier, 39, of Ecclesall Road, Sheffield was found guilty of murder and sentenced to 33 years in prison. Rachel Fulstow, 38, of Andrew Drive, Huntington was found guilty of murder and also perverting the course of justice and sentenced to 30 years in prison. | Lancashire Police
15. Lee Dawson
Lee Dawson, 42, suffered fatal knife wounds when he was viciously attacked in Jutland Street in June 2022. Benjamin Bibby (pictured left), 21, of Dawson Walk, Preston, and Andrew Wilcock (pictured right), 29, of Lincoln Walk, Preston, were found guilty of murder by a jury at Preston Crown Court following a three-week trial. They were both jailed for life with a minimum of 24 years. | Lancashire Police
16. Mark Gibson
Mark Gibson – also known as Mark Lamb – was beaten, stabbed and left to die in Carshalton Road in the early hours of July 11, 2022. It followed an altercation between himself and the offenders at an address on nearby Boothroyden, which then continued onto Carshalton Road. Four people were found guilty of murder following a trial at Preston Crown Court and were sentenced to a combined total of 82 years in prion in February. | Lancashire Police