# Murdered sex workers in the United Kingdom

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## 19th century

| Date | Victim | Location | Cause of Death | Murderer | |
| 1837 | Eliza Davies | Frederick Street, London | Throat cut | | Francois Courvosier is suspected of her murder |
| 1838 | Eliza Grimwood | Waterloo Road, London | Throat cut | | Francois Courvosier is suspected of her murder |
| 24 Aug 1874 | Emma Rolfe | Midsummer Common, Cambridge | Throat cut | Robert Browning was hanged for her murder | |
| 23 Mar 1879 | Eliza Patten | Liverpool, Merseyside | Stabbed in neck | Thomas Johnson was hanged for her murder | |
| 4 April 1888 | Emma Elizabeth Smith | Whitechapel, London | Peritonitis | | Died of injuries sustained after being attacked the previous day. Possible victim of Jack the Ripper |
| 7 Aug 1888 | Martha Tabram | Whitechapel, London | Stabbed | | Possible victim of Jack the Ripper |
| 31 Aug 1888 | Mary Ann Nichols | Whitechapel, London | Throat cut | Jack the Ripper (Identity unknown) | Jack the Ripper victim |
| 8 Sept 1888 | Annie Chapman | Spitalfields, London | Throat cut | Jack the Ripper (Identity unknown) | Jack the Ripper victim |
| 30 Sept 1888 | Elizabeth Stride | Whitechapel, London | Throat cut | Jack the Ripper (Identity unknown) | Jack the Ripper victim |
| 30 Sept 1888 | Catherine Eddowes | City of London | Throat cut | Jack the Ripper (Identity unknown) | Jack the Ripper victim |
| 9 Nov 1888 | Mary Jane Kelly | Spitalfields, London | Throat cut | Jack the Ripper (Identity unknown) | Jack the Ripper victim |
| 20 Dec 1888 | Rose Mylett | Poplar, London | Strangled with a rope | | Possible victim of Jack the Ripper |
| 10 Feb 1889 | Louisa Smith | Lewisham, London | Fractured skull caused by a blow with a blunt instrument. | | |
| 4 June 1889 | Elizabeth Jackson | Horsleydown, London | | | Her dismembered remains were found in the Thames; one of the Thames Torso Murders |
| 17 July 1889 | Alice McKenzie | Whitechapel, London | Throat cut | | Possible victim of Jack the Ripper |
| 13 Feb 1891 | Frances Coles | Whitechapel, London | Throat cut | | Possible victim of Jack the Ripper |

## 1900 – 1909

| Date | Victim | Location | Cause of Death | |
| 30 May 1901 | Annie Austin | Spitalfields, London | Stabbed in the vagina and the anus | |
| 11 Sept 1907 | Emily 'Phyllis' Dimmock | Camden, London | Throat cut | Known as the 'Camden Town Murder'. Robert Wood was accused and acquitted |
| 17 Oct 1908 | Esther Prager | Russell Square, London | | |

## 1910 – 1919

| Date | Victim | Location | Cause of Death | |
| 5 May 1912 | Maud Mills | Walsall, West Midlands | Shot 4 times | Died of her injuries 6 days later. |
| 2 Aug 1919 | Bertha Frazer | Wolverhampton, West Midlands | Throat cut | |
| 25 Dec 1919 | Elizabeth McDermott aka 'Bella Wilson' | Liverpool, Merseyside | | |

## 1920 – 1929

| Date | Victim | Location | Cause of Death | Murderer | |
| 6 Mar 1922 | Gertrude Yates | Fulham, London | Bludgeoning and asphyxiation | Ronald True | |
| 27 Jan 1923 | Mary Pelham | Portsmouth, Hampshire | Head injuries | | |
| 12 Mar 1929 | Katherine Peck aka 'Carbolic Kate' | Walworth, London | Throat cut | | Frederick Murphy was acquitted of her murder. |

## 1930 – 1939

| Date | Victim | Location | Cause of Death | |
| 2 Jan 1931 | Margaret Schofield | Dewsbury, Yorkshire | Multiple blows to the head | |
| 22 Feb 1932 | Dora Lloyd | Maida Vale, London | Strangulation | |
| 4 Nov 1935 | Josephine Martin aka 'French Fifi' | Soho, London | Strangled with a silk stocking | Her murder was linked to the murders of Jeanette Cotton, murdered in April, 1936, and of Constance Hind in May, 1936, who were also both strangled in their rooms. |
| 16 April 1936 | Jeanette Cotton | Soho, London | Strangled with her own silk scarf | Her murder was linked to the murders of Josephine Martin, murdered in November, 1935, and of Constance Hind in May, 1936, who were also both strangled in their rooms. |
| 9 May 1936 | Constance May Hind | Soho, London | Strangled with an electric light flex | Her murder was linked to the murders of Josephine Martin, murdered in November, 1935, and of Jeanette Cotton in April, 1936, who were also both strangled in their rooms. |
| 26 May 1936 | Phyllis Spiers | Folkestone, Kent | Strangled with a scarf | A client was charged with her murder but acquitted |

## 1940 – 1949

| Date | Victim | Location | Cause of Death | Murderer | |
| 10 Feb 1942 | Evelyn Oatley aka Leta Ward | Soho, London | Strangled and throat cut | Gordon Frederick Cummins (The Blackout Ripper) was hanged for her murder. | Victim of the Blackout Ripper |
| 11 Feb 1942 | Margaret 'Pearl' Lowe | Marylebone, London | Strangled with a silk stocking | Gordon Frederick Cummins (The Blackout Ripper) | Victim of the Blackout Ripper |
| 12 Feb 1942 | Doris Jouannet | Paddington, London | Strangled with a scarf | Gordon Frederick Cummins (The Blackout Ripper) | Victim of the Blackout Ripper |
| 20 Feb 1942 | Peggy Richards | Waterloo, London | Drowned after being strangled and thrown into the Thames | | Canadian soldier Joseph McKinstry was charged with her murder but acquitted in court. |
| 19 May 1942 | Agnes Stafford | Holborn, London | Strangled with her own summer dress | | |
| 25 Jul 1942 | Mary McLeod | Stepney, London | Strangulation | Thomas Bragg was charged with her murder but found not guilty on the trial judge's orders. | |
| 24 Aug 1943 | Ruth Fuerst | Notting Hill, London | Strangulation | First known victim of serial killer John Christie. | |
| 13 Dec 1944 | Evelyn Hatton | Mayfair, London | Strangulation | | |
| 5 Feb 1945 | Eileen Cook aka 'Irish Molly' | Bethnal Green, London | Stabbed & strangled | | |
| Aug 1946 | Olive Balchin | Manchester, England | Hammer blows to the head | Walter Rowland was hanged for her murder in February 1947 | |
| 9 Dec 1946 | Margaret Cook | Soho, London | Shot | Unnamed 91 year old confessed to her murder in July 2015 | |
| 8 Aug 1947 | Isabel Wardle | Portsmouth, Hampshire | Strangled with a lanyard | | |
| 8 Sept 1947 | Rita Green aka 'Black Rita | Soho, London | Shot | | |
| 5 Sept 1948 | Dora Freedman | Covent Garden, London | Stabbed | | Soho “enforcer” Tony Machin was suspected of her murder |
| 12 Mar 1949 | Kathleen Higgins aka 'Irish Kit' | Regents Park, London | Strangled with a scarf | | 77 years old and still an active prostitute |

## 1950 – 1959

| Date | Victim | Location | Cause of Death | Murderer | |
| 31 Jan 1953 | Kathleen Maloney | Notting Hill, London | Gassed | John Christie | Christie confessed to 7 murders including Kathleen Maloney but was only tried for the murder of his wife. He was convicted and hanged |
| 6 Sept 1954 | Ellen Carlin aka 'Red Helen' | Pimlico, London | Strangled with one of her black nylon stockings | Scottish serial killer Peter Manuel confessed to her murder shortly before he was hanged in 1958 | |
| Sept 1955 | Alice Barton | Wirral, Merseyside | Strangulation | | Known as the 'Pillbox Murder' |
| 17 June 1959 | Elizabeth Figg | Chiswick, London | Strangulation | | Possible victim of 'Jack The Stripper' |

## 1960 – 1969

| Date | Victim | Location | Cause of Death | Murderer | |
| 8 Nov 1963 | Gwynneth Rees | Mortlake, London | Strangulation | | Possible victim of 'Jack The Stripper' |
| 2 Feb 1964 | Hannah Tailford | Hammersmith, London | Strangulation | Jack The Stripper | Jack The Stripper victim |
| 8 April 1964 | Irene Lockwood | Hammersmith, London | Strangulation | Jack The Stripper | Jack The Stripper victim |
| 24 April 1964 | Helen Barthelemy | Brentford, London | Strangulation | Jack The Stripper | Jack The Stripper victim |
| 14 July 1964 | Mary Flemming | Chiswick, London | Strangulation | Jack The Stripper | Jack The Stripper victim |
| 25 Nov 1964 | Margaret McGowan aka Frances Brown | Kensington, London | Strangulation | Jack the Stripper | Jack The Stripper victim |
| 16 Feb 1965 | Bridget 'Bridie' O'Hara | Acton, London | Strangulation | Jack The Stripper | Jack The Stripper victim |
| 6 Feb 1966 | Peggy Flynn | Dalkey, County Dublin | Strangled with one of her own stockings | | An Irishman serving in the British Army's Parachute Regiment confessed but was acquitted in court |

## 1970 – 1979

| Date | Victim | Location | Cause of Death | Murderer | |
| 21 June 1971 | Glenys Johnson | Cardiff | Throat and other parts of body cut with glass | Malcolm Green was given a 25-year minimum term of imprisonment for her murder | One year after his release from prison in 1989, Green murdered a New Zealand tourist and was given a whole-life tariff |
| 21 April 1972 | Maxwell 'Michelle' Confait | Catford, London | Strangulation. His house was then set on fire | In 1980, two inmates were overheard discussing the killing in prison, but as they both blamed each other for the murder neither could be prosecuted for it. | 3 youths were charged with murder and arson. One was found guilty of arson, one guilty of manslaughter and arson, the third guilty of murder and arson. On appeal all convictions were overturned. |
| 4 December 1972 | Nora Wilfred | Cardiff, Wales | Stabbed more than twenty times | | |
| 24 March 1973 | Mary Armstrong | Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire | Stabbed | | Four trials for her murder were held, with a 33-year-old man being acquitted of it at the end of the last one. The number of days covered by the trials (63 in total) caused the case to make legal history in Britain. |
| 22 February 1974 | Rosina Hilliard | Leicester | Hit by a car, head injuries, strangulation | | It is not known which injury killed her |
| 1 June 1974 | Eileen Cotter | London | Strangulation | 80-year-old John Apelgren was convicted of her killing in 2023 | Apelgren was caught after a DNA match |
| Summer 1974 | 'The Duchess' | Great Yarmouth, Norfolk | Disappeared without a trace | | A headless body found in Swaffham, Norfolk on 27 August 1974 may be her. |
| 7 January 1975 | Barbara Booth | Leeds, Yorkshire | | Mark Rowntree was convicted of her manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. He was detained indefinitely by the court | Murdered in her home alongside her son, Alan |
| 30 Oct 1975 | Wilma McCann | Leeds, Yorkshire | Hammer blows to head & multiple stab wounds | Peter Sutcliffe (The Yorkshire Ripper)He was sentenced to life imprisonment for 13 murders | Yorkshire Ripper victim |
| 23 Nov 1975 | Joan Harrison | Preston, Lancashire | Kicked to death | Christopher Smith | In 2011, Lancashire police stated they would have had enough evidence to charge Christopher Smith of Leeds based on advances in DNA testing and a confession written shortly before his death in 2008. |
| 20 Jan 1976 | Emily Jackson | Leeds, Yorkshire | Hammer blows to head & multiple stab wounds | Peter Sutcliffe (The Yorkshire Ripper) | Yorkshire Ripper victim |
| 5 Feb 1977 | Irene Richardson | Leeds, Yorkshire | Hammer blows to head | Peter Sutcliffe (The Yorkshire Ripper) | Yorkshire Ripper victim |
| 22 March 1977 | Barbara Young | Doncaster, Yorkshire | Blows to the face | | Believed to be a victim of robbery as handbag was stolen |
| 23 April 1977 | Patricia "Tina" Atkinson | Bradford, Yorkshire | Hammer blows to head | Peter Sutcliffe (The Yorkshire Ripper) | Yorkshire Ripper victim |
| 1 Oct 1977 | Jean Jordan | Manchester, England | Hammer blows to head | Peter Sutcliffe (The Yorkshire Ripper) | Yorkshire Ripper victim |
| 21 Jan 1978 | Yvonne Pearson | Bradford, Yorkshire | Hammer blows to head | Peter Sutcliffe (The Yorkshire Ripper) | Yorkshire Ripper victim |
| 31 Jan 1978 | Helen Rytka | Huddersfield, Yorkshire | Hammer blows to head | Peter Sutcliffe (The Yorkshire Ripper) | Yorkshire Ripper victim |
| 16 May 1978 | Vera Millward | Manchester, England | Hammer blows to head | Peter Sutcliffe (The Yorkshire Ripper) | Yorkshire Ripper victim |
| Sept 1978 | Margaret Berridge | Cardiff Wales | Strangulation | Richard Ball was jailed for life for her murder | |
| 20 March 1979 | Carol Lannen | Dundee, Scotland | Strangulation | | Her body was discovered in a wood |
| 28 August 1979 | Wendy Jenkins | Bristol, England | Stab and head injuries | | |

## 1980 – 1989

| Date | Victim | Location | Cause of Death | Murderer | |
| 20 August 1980 | William "Billy" Sutherland | London | Strangulation | Dennis Nilsen | Nilsen killed at least 12 men or boys between 1978 and 1983, some of whom have been identified as sex workers. |
| October 1980 | Unidentified male | London | | Dennis Nilsen | |
| 2 Jul 1981 | Karen Price | Cardiff, Wales | | Idris Ali & Alan Charlton convicted of murder. | Ali's conviction overturned on appeal. He pleaded guilty to manslaugher. |
| 1981 | Margaret Crowley | Bristol, England | Strangulation | Brian Peel was jailed for her murder | |
| 7 Apr 1983 | Sheila Anderson | Edinburgh, Scotland | Run over repeatedly | | Her killer has never been found |
| 25 Dec 1983 | Julie Gardner | Liverpool, England | Neck Injuries | | Known as the 'Green door Murder'. |
| 25 May 1984 | Yvonne Coley | Kings Heath, Birmingham | Strangled | | Alun Kyte, the killer of two other sex workers, was suspected of Yvonne's murder; however, no official charges were filed against him in this case. |
| 21 April 1985 | Jackie Waines aka Linda Guest | Bristol, England | Stabbed | | |
| December 1985 | Deborah Kershaw | Bradford, Yorkshire | Strangulation | George Naylor was jailed for her murder | 2 years after his release from jail he murdered Maureen Stepan in her flat in Bradford in 1995 |
| 2 May 1986 | Julie Perigo | Sunderland, Tyne and Wear | Stabbed | | |
| 24 January 1987 | Marina Monti | Shepherd's Bush, London | Strangled | | Sex worker Rachel Applethwaite was found dead nearby the next day, but investigators eventually ruled out a link between the deaths. A Mexican handed himself in to the police after finding out from Crimewatch that they were interested in speaking to a man whose description matched his, but they did not charge him with either woman's murder. |
| 25 January 1987 | Rachel Applethwaite | Chelsea, London | Beaten and stamped on | | Found dead the day after Marina Monti, although investigators eventually ruled out a link between the deaths. A Mexican handed himself in to the police after finding out from Crimewatch that they were interested in speaking to a man whose description matched his, but they did not charge him with either woman's murder. |
| 2 April 1987 | Rita Parminter aka Apricot Lil | Hastings, East Sussex | Strangled | Leonard Tedham, a former Hell's Angel, was jailed for life for her murder in 1988 | |
| 14 Feb 1988 | Lynette Deborah White | Cardiff, Wales | Throat cut | Jeffrey Gafoor was convicted of her murder in July 2003 and sentenced to life imprisonment. | Tony Paris, Yusef Abdullahi, Stephen Miller, Ronnie Actie & John Actie charged with her murder.In November 1990 Paris, Abdullahi & Miller were convicted, the Actie cousins were acquitted.Paris, Abdullahi & Miller's convictions we overturned on appeal in December 1992. |
| March 1988 | Donna Healey | Leeds | | | Her body was discovered in a Chapel Allerton park in January 1991, but it wasn't known whose it was until DNA advances made identifying it as hers possible in 2003. In a state of mummification when it was found, the body had been stored in a cool and dry place for a considerable amount of time. She is a suspected victim of John Taylor. |
| 5 April 1988 | Andrea Sinclair | Manchester | Strangulation | Strangled with a tie and mutilated. Keith Pollard was jailed for her murder. |
| 18 Oct 1988 | Linda Donaldson | Liverpool, Merseyside | | | Her mutilated body was found at Lowton nr Warrington |

## 1990 – 1999

| Date | Victim | Location | Cause of Death | Murderer | |
| Jan 1990 | Michelle Raynor | Leicester, Leicestershire | | | |
| Feb 1990 | Arminda Perry | Clwyd, Wales | | Her husband was jailed for her murder | Perry dismembered her body, cooked it and fed it to his cat |
| 23 June 1990 | Patricia Parsons | Epping Forest, Essex | Shot 3 times with a crossbow | | |
| 5 Sept 1990 | Gail Whitehouse | Birmingham, West Midlands | Strangulation | | David Williams was acquitted of her murder |
| Jan 1991 | Maria Requena | Bolton, Greater Manchester | | | Her dismembered body was found near Warrington |
| 17 Feb 1991 | Janine Downes | Shifnal, Shropshire | Strangulation & head wounds | | Possible victim of Alun Kyte, the 'Midlands Ripper' |
| 14 May 1991 | Glenda Potter | Rochester, Kent | Strangled | | |
| 9 June 1991 | Lynne Trenholm | Chester, Cheshire | Stabbed | | |
| 9 July 1991 | Julie Dart | Leeds, Yorkshire | Blows to head | Michael Sams was jailed for her murder | |
| 10 Aug 1991 | Sharon Hoare | Fulham, London | Strangulation | | Possible victim of the Camden Ripper |
| 31 Aug 1991 | Sarah Crump | Southall, London | Stabbed in neck | David Smith was convicted of her murder in a 'double jeopardy' trial in 2023 | Smith had previously been acquitted of her murder in 1993, only to go on to murder fellow sex worker Amanda Walker in 1999 |
| 15 Oct 1991 | Diane McInally | Glasgow, Scotland | Multiple injuries | | Gangland enforcer Gary Moore and drug dealer Dale “Dagga” Clark were charged with her murder but were freed due to lack of evidence. |
| 10 Oct 1992 | Barbara Finn | Coventry, West Midlands | Disappeared | | Possible victim of Alun Kyte, the 'Midlands Ripper' |
| 20 Nov 1992 | Natalie Pearman | Norwich, Norfolk | Strangulation | | |
| May 1992 | Yvonne Fitt | Otley, Yorkshire | Unknown | | Her decomposed body was found 4 months later Police believe she is likely a victim of John Taylor, the killer of Leanne Tiernan. |
| 27 Mar 1993 | Carol Clark | Bristol, England | Heart attack after a violent blow to the throat | | Her body was found in the Sharpness Canal. Possible victim of Alun Kyte, the 'Midlands Ripper' or Philip Smith |
| 19 April 1993 | Karen McGregor | Glasgow, Scotland | Throat compression | | Her husband, Charles McGregor, stood trial for her murder but the case was found not proven. |
| July 1993 | Mandy Duncan | Ipswich, Suffolk | | | Her body has never been found Possible victim of "Suffolk Strangler" Steve Wright. |
| Oct 1993 | Kathleen Charlotte Brough | Doncaster, Yorkshire | | Rosina Outram and Sandra Butcher were jailed for her murder | |
| 21 December 1993 | Fiona Ivison | Doncaster, Yorkshire | Strangulation | Client Alan Duffy was jailed for her murder | Her mother founded the Parents Against Child Sexual Exploitation organisation |
| 30 Dec 1993 | Samo Paull | Bitteswell, Leicestershire | Strangulation | Alun Kyte was convicted of her murder in March 2000 | Kyte was also convicted of the murder of Tracy Turner. Dubbed the 'Midlands Ripper', he may have murdered other sex workers |
| Jan 1994 | Janet Barron | Sheffield, Yorkshire | Stabbed | Her husband Derek Barron was convicted of her murder | |
| 3 March 1994 | Tracy Turner | Lutterworth, Leicestershire | Strangulation | Alun Kyte was convicted of her murder in March 2000 | Kyte was also convicted of the murder of Samo Paull. Dubbed the 'Midlands Ripper', he may have murdered other sex workers |
| 7 May 1994 | Emma Merry | Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs | | Client Kevin Williams was convicted of her murder | |
| 21 May 1994 | Dawn Shields | Sheffield, Yorkshire | Strangulation | | Her body was dumped in a shallow grave at Mam Tor in Derbyshire's Peak District. Possible victim of Alun Kyte, the 'Midlands Ripper'. A link has also been speculated between her murder and "Crossbow Cannibal" Stephen Griffiths. |
| 5 Aug 1994 | Julie Finley | Liverpool, England | Strangulation | | Possible victim of Alun Kyte, the 'Midlands Ripper'. In 2019, police investigated Christopher Halliwell over the murder. |
| 7 Aug 1994 | Marina Coppell | Marylebone, London | Stabbed | | |
| 15 Oct 1994 | Mandy Wix | Braintree, Essex | | | |
| 10 May 1995 | Sabrina Brett | Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire | | | Her body was dumped in the Grand Union CanalPimp Ian Foster was acquitted of the murder. |
| 2 June 1995 | Leona McGovern | Glasgow, Scotland | Strangulation | | Her body was found in the Clyde.George Walker was acquitted of her murder |
| 8 June 1995 | Maureen Stepan | Bradford, Yorkshire | Strangulation | George Naylor was jailed for her murder | Naylor had previously murdered Deborah Kershaw in 1984 |
| 21 June 1995 | Christine McGovern | Walthamstow, London | Asphyxiation | | Possible victim of the Camden Ripper |
| 6 Aug 1995 | Laura Rodriguez | Brighton, East Sussex | Multiple stab wounds | Austin Rogerson was jailed for her murder in March 1996 | |
| 7 Aug 1995 | Marjorie Roberts | Glasgow, Scotland | | | Her body was found in the Clyde |
| Sept 1995 | Marie Garrity | Coventry, West Midlands | Disappeared | | Possible victim of Alun Kyte, the 'Midlands Ripper' |
| 9 Sept 1995 | Sally Ann John | Swindon, Wiltshire | | | She went missing from Swindon's red light district. Her body has never been found 3 men were arrested in connection with her murder in September 2015 Possible victim of Christopher Halliwell. |
| 7 Oct 1995 | Christine Dinnie | Leith, Scotland | Multiple blows to head with car jack | John Law was jailed for her murder | |
| 12 Dec 1995 | Daniella White | Northampton, England | Unknown | Philip McKenna was jailed for her murder in Oct 97 | Her naked body was found by the side of a railway line. She had been struck by a train, it's not known if this was before or after death. |
| Jan 1996 | Angela Heys | Egerton, Lancashire | Strangled | | |
| 24 June 1996 | Jacqueline Gallagher | Glasgow, Scotland | Multiple injuries | | George Johnstone was tried and acquitted of her murder in June 2004 |
| 15 Aug 1996 | Lucy Burchell | Birmingham, West Midlands | Heroin overdose | Tahir Khan and Rungzabe Khan were jailed for manslaughter | |
| Oct 1996 | Caroline Creevy | Bradford, Yorkshire | Strangulation | Kenneth Valentine, aka Kenneth Anness, was jailed for her murder | |
| 27 Oct 1996 | Karen Tomlinson | Hull, Yorkshire | Beaten & strangled | Steven Price was convicted of manslaughter in 1999 | |
| Feb 1997 | Robyn Browne | Marylebone, London | Stab wounds | James Hopkins was convicted of her murder in Feb 2009 | |
| 12 June 1997 | Christine Maguire | Bulwell, Nottingham | Stab wounds | Byron Smith was jailed for life in March 1998 for her murder | |
| 25 Oct 1997 | Samantha Class | Hull, Yorkshire | Beaten & strangled | Double killer Gary Allen was convicted of her murder in 2021 | Allen had previously been acquitted of her murder in Feb 2000, but was re-tried after he murdered another sex worker, Alena Grlakova, in 2018 |
| Nov 1997 | Sharon Lynch | Liverpool, Merseyside | Strangulation | | John Flanagan was jailed for her murder in July 1998. The conviction was quashed on appeal in May 2013 |
| 24 Nov 1997 | Tracey Wylde | Glasgow, Scotland | Beaten to death | Zhi Min Chen was jailed for 20 years for Tracey's murder in May 2019. | |
| 28 Feb 1998 | Margo Lafferty | Glasgow, Scotland | Strangulation | Client Brian Donnelly was jailed for life for her murder | |
| May 1998 | Natalie Clubb | Hull, Yorkshire | Stabbed 7 times | Boyfriend Darren Adam was jailed for life for her murder in Feb 2000 | Her body was dismembered. Michael Larvin was jailed for 6 years for disposing of body parts. |
| 30 May 1998 | Hayley Morgan | Hull, Yorkshire | Heroin overdose, but had a plastic bag on her head | | 4 people were arrested for her murder but no charges were brought |
| July 1998 | Julie Jones | Manchester, England | Severe crush injuries | | Her body was found naked wrapped in a carpet under bushes |
| August 1998 | Helen Sage | Manchester, England | Disappeared | | Her body has never been found |
| 28 Feb 1999 | Marcella Davis | Wolverhampton, West Midlands | | Paul Brumfitt was jailed for life for her murder in July 2000 | Her body was dismembered |
| April 1999 | Amanda Walker | Paddington, London | | David Smith was jailed for life for her murder in December 1999 | Her body was found in a shallow grave at Wisley, Surrey in June 1999Smith had been acquitted of the murder of Sarah Crump in 1993 |
| July 1999 | Bexhe Alivica | Feltham, Middlesex | Strangulation | Daniel Hurley was jailed for life for her murder in March 2001 | |
| 16 Sept 1999 | Katie Kazmi | Reading, Berkshire | Stabbed 77 times and decapitated | Winston Williams was jailed for life for her murder in May 2000 | Williams had been released from Broadmoor in 1991 after stabbing two people, including a 13-year-old paperboy, in 1979. |
| Dec 1999 | Mara Dorman | Belgravia, London | Stabbed and beaten | Her boyfriend Tony Bayram was jailed for life in Feb 2001 | Her body was found in a black trunk by the side of the road at Hurstbourne Tarrant, near Andover, Hampshire on Jan 12, 2000. |

## 2000 – 2009

| Date | Victim | Location | Cause of Death | Murderer | |
| 2000 | Victoria Gerrard | Liverpool, Merseyside | | | |
| 2 Feb 2000 | Vicky O'Hara | Liverpool, Merseyside | Stabbed 42 times | John Leadbetter was jailed for her murder | |
| April 2000 | Sarah Benford | Northampton, Northamptonshire | Disappeared | | |
| 11 June 2000 | Kellie Pratt | Norwich, Norfolk | Disappeared | | Her body has never been found |
| 4 Sept 2000 | Susan Kelly | Anfield, Merseyside | Battered to death with a porcelain pot and strangled | | In 2003, Robert Brendan Collins, 31, was cleared of her murder. |
| Sept 2000 | Kellie Mallinson | Middlesbrough, Teesside | Asphyxiation | Shaun Tuley was jailed for life in 2001 for her murder. | |
| Sept 2000 | Vicky Glass | Danby, Yorkshire | Unknown | | Two months after she went missing her naked and badly decomposed body was found dumped in a stream near Danby, Yorkshire Police believe it is possible she could be a victim of "Suffolk Strangler" Steve Wright. |
| 9 Nov 2000 | Jodie Hyde | Birmingham, West Midlands | Strangled | Philip Smith was jailed for her murder and the murder of two other women | |
| 17 Dec 2000 | Zoe Louise Parker | Chelsea Harbour, London | Unknown | | Her body was dismembered. Her torso was found in the Thames, her lower part was never found. Possible victim of Anthony Hardy, the "Camden Ripper". |
| 12 Feb 2001 | Nikola “Nikki” Higgins | Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire | Strangled and beaten | Alan McLaren, 42, was jailed for life in February 2006 for her murder | |
| 26 April 2001 | Rebecca Hall | Bradford, Yorkshire | Head injuries | | Police investigated convicted killers John Taylor and Stephen Griffiths over the murder. A 37-year-old woman was arrested and released on investigation in January 2019. |
| Oct 2001 | Hayley Curtis | Norwich, Norfolk | Beaten to death | Philip Stanley was jailed for her murder in November 2005 | Her body was found in a shallow grave near Petersfield, Hampshire |
| Oct 2001 | Maria Toomey | Hull, Yorkshire | Head injuries | Matthew Rounce was jailed for her murder | |
| 5 Nov 2001 | Michaela Hague | Sheffield, Yorkshire | Multiple stab wounds | | |
| 11 Nov 2001 | Carly Bateman | Bolton, Greater Manchester | Strangulation | Sex offender Geoffrey Porter was jailed for her murder | |
| 13 Dec 2001 | Paula Fields | London | | John Patrick Sweeney was jailed for life in April 2011 for her murder, and for the murder of ex-girlfriend Melissa Halstead | Her body was dismembered before being dumped in the Regents Canal, London |
| Jan 2002 | Sally White | Camden, London | Head injuries | Anthony Hardy (The Camden Ripper), was jailed for her murder in November 2003 | Victim of The Camden Ripper |
| Mar 2002 | Michelle Bettles | Dereham, Norfolk | Strangulation | | |
| May 2002 | Rachel Wilson | Middlesbrough, Yorkshire | Unknown | 62-year-old Keith Hall was convicted of her murder in 2021 | Her remains were found 27 June 2012. |
| 31 May 2002 | Donna Keogh | Middlesbrough, Yorkshire | Unknown | | |
| 1 June 2002 | Danielle Moorcroft | Bolton, Greater Manchester | Head injuries | Stuart Milsted was jailed for her murder in October 2005 | |
| 26 June 2002 | Rita Vilares | Kings Cross, London | Stabbed 10 times | David Herbert was jailed for her murder in January 2003 | |
| Oct 2002 | Julie Dorsett | Hackney, London | Unknown. Her body was dismembered | | Ex-partner Sinclair Lewis was cleared of her murder |
| Dec 2002 | Elizabeth Valad | Camden, London | Unknown. Her body was dismembered | Anthony Hardy (The Camden Ripper), was jailed for her murder in November 2003 | Victim of The Camden Ripper |
| 25 Dec 2002 | Bridgette MacClennan | Camden, London | Unknown. Her body was dismembered | Anthony Hardy (The Camden Ripper), was jailed for her murder in November 2003 | Victim of The Camden Ripper |
| Dec 2002 or Jan 2003 | Becky Godden | Eastleach, Gloucestershire | Unknown | Chris Halliwell was found guilty of her murder in September 2016 | Her body lay in a shallow grave for 8 years before being discovered |
| 8 Mar 2003 | Oxana Rodionova | Maida Vale, London | Strangulation | Sergey Shcherbakov was cleared of her murder but jailed for 3 years for burgling her flat | |
| July 2003 | Damien Doolan | Manchester | Drowning | Martin Leriche was convicted of assault and murder by throwing the victim in the Rochdale Canal where he drowned. | |
| 3 July 2003 | Lisa Marie Spence | Stratford, London | Stabbed and beaten with a hammer. | Deepak Bouri, 23, and Adam Bowler, 19, were jailed for life in March 2004 for her murder | Her body was burnt |
| 22 July 2003 | Pauline Stephen | Everton, Merseyside | Unknown.Their bodies were dismembered | Client Marc Corner was detained indefinitely under the Mental Health Act | |
| 22 July 2003 | Hanane Sarah Parry | Everton, Merseyside | Unknown.Their bodies were dismembered | Client Marc Corner was detained indefinitely under the Mental Health Act | |
| Aug 2003 | Sarah Jane Coughlan | Middlesbrough, Yorkshire | Stabbed | George Leigers was jailed for life for her murder. Leigers had only recently been released from a secure mental unit after murdering his wife in 1986. | |
| 15 Oct 2003 | Nadine Hillier | Bristol, England | Beaten and strangled | Albert Webb, 37, was jailed for life in October 2004 for her murder | |
| Dec 2003 | Cara Martin-Brown | Ipswich, Suffolk | Kicked to death | Darren Brown, 22 was jailed for life in October 2004 for her murder | |
| 4 Dec 2003 | Joanne Broome | Renton, Scotland | Stabbed | | James Campbell, 46, was acquitted of murder in Aug 2004 after the case was dropped due to lack of evidence. |
| 1 Mar 2004 | Camille Gordon | Soho, London | Stabbed | | |
| 13 Mar 2004 | Chantel Taylor | Birkenhead, Merseyside | Struck in neck with meat cleaver and then dismembered | Stephen Wynne was jailed for her murder in January 2006 | Her body has never been found |
| 10 April 2004 | Nasra Ismail | Kings Cross, London | Suffocated and stabbed | Daniel Archer was jailed for her murder | |
| 24 May 2004 | Joanna Colbeck | Glasgow, Scotland | Fell from tower block | | Her pimp, Rose Broadley, was jailed for her murder but the conviction was overturned on appeal |
| 23 July 2004 | Niphan Trikhana | Chelsea, London | | Darren Marcus Johnson was jailed for his murder | |
| June 2004 | Qu Mei Na | Belfast, Northern Ireland | | Chang Hai Zhang was jailed for her murder | |
| 13 Sept 2004 | Lyndsey Bourne | Leeds, Yorkshire | Strangulation | Stuart Burns, 30, was jailed for life in October 2005 for her murder | Her body was dismembered |
| 2 Feb 2005 | Sandra Wiles | Poole, Dorset | Strangulation | Boyfriend George Tayali was jailed for her murder | Tayali strangled her when he discovered she was working as an escort |
| 21 Feb 2005 | Susan Third | Aberdeen, Scotland | Strangulation | Joseph Harrison was jailed for her murder | |
| 29 Mar 2005 | Lomoki “Millie” Mkwananzi | Boscombe, Dorset | Strangulation & stabbing | Client Steven Smith, 24, was jailed for life in March 2006 for her murder | |
| 30 Mar 2005 | Carolyn Porter | Northampton, Northamptonshire | Stabbed | Client John David Nixon was jailed for life for her murder | |
| 4 April 2005 | Emma Caldwell | Glasgow, Scotland | Strangulation | Iain Packer was found guilty of murder in 2024. | Huseyin Cobanoglu, Halil Kandil, Abubekir Oncu and Mustafa Soylemez stood trail for her murder but the case collapsed. |
| 16 June 2005 | Rebecca Stephenson | Doncaster, Yorkshire | Beaten to death | Ronald Beardmore, 31, was jailed for life for her murder in February 2006 | |
| 26 July 2005 | Adele Evans | Liverpool, Merseyside | Fractured skull | | Ali Bavar was found not guilty of her manslaughter. |
| 15 Sept 2005 | Anne Marie Foy | Liverpool, Merseyside | Strangulation | | David Butler was acquitted of her murder in February 2012 |
| 9 Jan 2006 | Zelia Harrison | Peterborough, Cambridgeshire | Stabbed | Client Wakil Sahebzadeh was jailed for life for her murder | |
| 17 Oct 2005 | Jennifer Linton | Wolverhampton, West Midlands | | Her partner, Omar Jawanda, was jailed for life for her murder | |
| April 2006 | Jayne Payne aka Jayne Kelly, Jane Kelly | Burnley, Lancashire | Unknown | | Her body was found at a deserted beauty spot. Two men were arrested in connection with her disappearance but were released without charge. |
| 23 June 2006 | Lynne Barwick | Hull, Yorkshire | Strangulation | Edward Akester, 26, was jailed for life in July 2007 for her murder | |
| 1 July 2006 | Samantha Tapper | Shrewsbury, Shropshire | Blows to head | Garry Harding, 22, was jailed for life in April 2007 for her murder and for the murder of brothel receptionist Annie Eels | The murders took place during a robbery at a brothel (Rachel's Health Spa) in Frankwell, Shrewsbury. |
| 30 Oct 2006 | Tania Nicol | Ipswich, Suffolk | | Steven Gerald James Wright ('Suffolk Strangler')Convicted of all 5 murders in February 2008 and sentenced to life imprisonment with a recommendation that he should never be released from prison. | Victim of the Suffolk Strangler |
| 15 Nov 2006 | Gemma Rose Adams | Ipswich, Suffolk | | Steven Gerald James Wright ('Suffolk Strangler')Convicted of all 5 murders in February 2008 and sentenced to life imprisonment with a recommendation that he should never be released from prison. | Victim of the Suffolk Strangler |
| 3 Dec 2006 | Anneli Sarah Alderton | Ipswich, Suffolk | Asphyxiated | Steven Gerald James Wright ('Suffolk Strangler')Convicted of all 5 murders in February 2008 and sentenced to life imprisonment with a recommendation that he should never be released from prison. | Victim of the Suffolk Strangler |
| 8 Dec 2006 | Annette Nicholls | Ipswich, Suffolk | | Steven Gerald James Wright ('Suffolk Strangler')Convicted of all 5 murders in February 2008 and sentenced to life imprisonment with a recommendation that he should never be released from prison. | Victim of the Suffolk Strangler |
| 10 Dec 2006 | Paula Lucille Clennell | Ipswich, Suffolk | Strangulation | Steven Gerald James Wright ('Suffolk Strangler')Convicted of all 5 murders in February 2008 and sentenced to life imprisonment with a recommendation that he should never be released from prison. | Victim of the Suffolk Strangler |
| 3 Mar 2007 | Susan Shivers | Glasgow, Scotland | Stabbed | Stephen Muirhead was detained indefinitely for her murder | |
| Aug 2007 | Xiao Mei Guo | Whitechapel, London | Unknown, their bodies were never found | Client Derek Brown was jailed for their murders | |
| 18 Sept 2007 | Bonnie Barrett | Whitechapel, London | Unknown, their bodies were never found | Client Derek Brown was jailed for their murders | |
| Sept 2007 | Sarah Elizabeth Mournian | Huddersfield, Yorkshire | | Kevin Newton was jailed for life for her murder | |
| 4 Oct 2007 | Geraldine Brocklehurst | Huddersfield, Yorkshire | Stabbed | Shayne Haynes was jailed for life for her murder | |
| Dec 2007 | Claire Laggan | Doncaster, Yorkshire | | Alan Leslie Gregory was jailed for life for her murder | |
| 31 July 2008 | Gemma Dorman | Battersea, London | Stabbed | Her ex-boyfriend Vikramgit Singh was jailed for life for her murder | |
| 27 Nov 2008 | Joanne Cooley | Thorne, Yorkshire | Multiple stabbings | Her boyfriend Jason Goodwin was jailed for her manslaughter | |
| 19 Dec 2008 | Laura Milne | Aberdeen, Scotland | Stabbed | Stuart Jack, 22, was jailed for life for her murder. Debbie Buchan, 18, and Leigh McKinnon, 18, were both jailed for 9 years for attempted murder. | |
| 22 Dec 2008 | Cheryl Camm | Doncaster, Yorkshire | Beaten to death | Kieran Blackwell was jailed for life for her murder | |
| 27 Mar 2009 | Kirsty Grabham | Swansea, South Wales | | Her husband Paul Grabham was jailed for her murder | |
| 22 June 2009 | Susan Rushworth | Bradford, Yorkshire | | Stephen Shaun Griffiths ('The Crossbow Cannibal')In December 2010 he was convicted 3 murders and sentenced to a whole life tariff. | Victim of the Crossbow Cannibal |
| Oct 2009 | Andrea Waddell | Brighton, East Sussex | Strangulation | Client Neil McMillan was jailed for her murder | |
| 5 Nov 2010 | Destiny Lauren | Kentish Town, London | Strangulation | Client Leon Fyle was jailed for her murder after a retrial | |

## 2010 – 2019

| Date | Victim | Location | Cause of Death | Murderer | |
| 26 April 2010 | Shelley Armitage | Bradford, Yorkshire | | Stephen Shaun Griffiths ('The Crossbow Cannibal') | Victim of the Crossbow Cannibal |
| 21 May 2010 | Suzanne Blamires | Bradford, Yorkshire | | Stephen Shaun Griffiths ('The Crossbow Cannibal') | Victim of the Crossbow Cannibal |
| 14 Mar 2011 | Louisa Brannan | Sutton, London | Stabbed & beaten | Reece Ludlow was jailed for her murder | |
| 18 March 2012 | Yong Li Qui | Bedford, Bedfordshire | Battered to death | Former employee, Gang Wang, was jailed for her murder | |
| 16 April 2012 | Carole Waugh | Marylebone, London | Battered to death | Conman Bhayani was jailed for her murder | |
| 4 June 2012 | Kelly Davies | Bolton, Greater Manchester | Stabbed | Her ex-partner, Joseph Davies, was jailed for her murder | |
| 30 Jan 2013 | Georgiana Stuparu aka Yudha Marin | Coventry, West Midlands | Stabbed | Philippe Andre Burger and Ramona Budiencea were jailed for her murder | |
| 29 Oct 2013 | Mariana Popa | Ilford, London | Stabbed | Farooq Shah was jailed for her murder | |
| Nov 2013 | Bernadeta Nawracaj aka Julia Anders | Richmond, London | Stabbed | Fellow prostitute Edyta Zawadska, 24, was jailed for life for her murder in June 2014 | Zawadska killed her out of jealousy because she was earning more money |
| 28 Jan 2014 | Maria Duque-Tunjano | Earls Court, London | Bludgeoned to death | Robert Fraser was sent to Broadmoor for her murder | |
| 17 Feb 2014 | Karolina Nowikiewisz | Slough, Berkshire | Throat cut | Michael Wenham was jailed for her murder | |
| 16 Mar 2014 | Rivka Holden | Colindale, London | Multiple stab wounds | Client Nicolae Patraucean was jailed for her murder | |
| 6 April 2014 | Yvette Hallsworth | Derby, Derbyshire | Stabbed | Mateusz Kosecki was jailed for her murder | |
| 19 Nov 2014 | Lidia Pascale | West Bromwich, West Midlands | Head injuries | Matthew Cherrington was jailed for her murder | |
| 5 Dec 2014 | Luciana Maurer | Falkirk, Scotland | Multiple stab wounds | Steven Mathieson was jailed for her murder | |
| 1 Feb 2015 | Christina Randell aka Christina Spillane | Hull, Yorkshire | Stabbed & strangled | Her partner Deland Allman was jailed for her murder | |
| 28 Mar 2015 | Vanessa Santillan | Fulham, London | Strangulation | Her husband Joaquin Gomez Hernandez was jailed for her murder | |
| 21 June 2015 | Jennifer Williams | Bournemouth, Dorset | Stabbing | Stefan Mayne was sentenced to life imprisonment for her murder in May 2016 | |
| 23 June 2015 | Anita Kapoor | Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire | Asphyxiation | Navin Mohan was sentenced to life imprisonment for her murder in December 2015 | |
| 30 July 2015 | Denisa Silmen | East Ham, London | Multiple stab wounds | Alin Apopei was sentenced to life imprisonment for her murder in February 2017 | |
| 28 Sep 2015 | Maxine Showers | Liverpool, Merseyside | Head injury | Michael Williams was jailed for her murder | |
| 23 Dec 2015 | Daria Pionko | Leeds, Yorkshire | | Lewis Pierre was jailed for her murder | |
| January 2016 | Georgina Symonds | Llanmartin, Wales | Strangulation | Her millionaire 'sugar daddy', Peter Morgan, was jailed life for her murder in Dec 2016 | |
| 12 Feb 2016 | Nkechi 'Jessica' McGraa | Aberdeen, Scotland | Asphyxiation | Client Bala Chinda was jailed for life for her murder | |
| July 2016 | Leonuta Ioana Haidemac | Skegness, Lincolnshire | Strangled & stabbed | Client Casey Scott was jailed for life for her murder | Scott, a Jack the Ripper fanatic, scrawled 'Jack' across her abdomen. |
| 29 May 2017 | Romina Kalachi | Kilburn, London | Stabbed | Noor Mohammed was sentenced to life imprisonment for her murder | |
| 25 May 2018 | Christina Abbotts | Crawley, West Sussex | Multiple head injuries | Zahid Naseem was found guilty of her murder on 20 December 2018 | |

## Serial murderers

* Alun Kyte (Midlands Ripper)
* Anthony Hardy (Camden Ripper)
* Gordon Cummins (Blackout Ripper)
* David Smith, acquitted of a murder of a sex worker in 1993 only to murder another in 1999
* Jack the Ripper
* Jack the Stripper
* Peter Sutcliffe (Yorkshire Ripper)
* Philip Smith
* Stephen Griffiths (Crossbow Cannibal)
* Steve Wright (Suffolk Strangler)
* Thomas Cream (Lambeth Poisoner)