List of massacres in Great Britain
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Severan Genocide
Severan Genocide
Date
211
Name
Severan Genocide
Location
Stirlingshire and Perthshire
Deaths
unknown
Notes
Cassius Dio's Roman History (Book LXXVII, Chapter 15) records that Septimius Severus ordered the following
When the inhabitants of the island again revolted, he summoned the soldiers and ordered them to invade the rebels' country, killing everybody they met; and he quoted these words:
"Let no one escape sheer destruction,
No one our hands, not even the babe in the womb of the mother,
If it be male; let it nevertheless not escape sheer destruction."
Boudica's attacks on Roman cities
Boudica's attacks on Roman cities
Date
60 or 61
Name
Boudica's attacks on Roman cities
Location
Camulodunum (modern-day Colchester), Londinium (modern-day London), Verulamium (modern-day St Albans)
Deaths
70,000–80,000 (Mostly Britons)
Notes
Forces led by Boudica, Queen of the Iceni tribe, massacred both Romans and Britons in Camulodunum, Londinium and Verulamium. Her forces were later defeated by the Romans at the Battle of Watling Street.
Cadwallon ap Cadfan's occupation of Northumbria
Cadwallon ap Cadfan's occupation of Northumbria
Date
633–634
Name
Cadwallon ap Cadfan's occupation of Northumbria
Location
Northumbria
Deaths
Unknown
Notes
King Cadwallon ap Cadfan of Gwynedd, defeated and occupied the Kingdom of Northumbria after allying with King Penda of Mercia.
Bede describes Cadwallon's actions during the occupation, stating "though he bore the name and professed himself a Christian, was so barbarous in his disposition and behaviour, that he neither spared the female sex, nor the innocent age of children, but with savage cruelty put them to tormenting deaths, ravaging all their country for a long time, and resolving to cut off all the race of the English within the borders of Britain".
Cadwallon's occupation ended when he was killed at the Battle of Heavenfield.
St. Brice's Day massacre
St. Brice's Day massacre
Date
13 November 1002
Name
St. Brice's Day massacre
Location
Territory of England under Anglo-Saxon control
Deaths
Unknown
Notes
The St. Brice's Day massacre was the extermination of immigrant Danes, their families and descendants, including those of mixed Danish and Anglo-Saxon descent on orders of the Anglo-Saxon King Æthelred the Unready and took place in remaining territory in his control in what is now England, at a time England was subject to Danelaw. Gunhilde sister of Sweyn Forkbeard, the King of Denmark was a victim along with her husband Pallig Tokesen
Harald Hardrada's attack on Scarborough
Harald Hardrada's attack on Scarborough
Date
1066
Name
Harald Hardrada's attack on Scarborough
Location
Scarborough
Deaths
No survivors
Notes
Attack by Vikings led by Harald Hardrada and Tostig Godwinson. A prelude to the Battle of Stamford Bridge and ultimately the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Scarborough was subsequently absent from the Domesday Book.
Harrying of the North
Harrying of the North
Date
1069–1070
Name
Harrying of the North
Location
The North of England between the Humber and the Tees
Deaths
100,000
Notes
William the Conqueror's men burnt whole villages and slaughtered the inhabitants. Foodstores and livestock were destroyed so that anyone surviving the initial massacre would starve over the winter.
Massacre of Norman, English, and Flemish Settlers
Massacre of Norman, English, and Flemish Settlers
Date
October 1136
Name
Massacre of Norman, English, and Flemish Settlers
Location
Cardigan and surrounding areas
Deaths
10,000
Notes
Following the victory of Gwynedd and Deheubarth over the Norman forces at the Battle of Crug Mawr, the Welsh targeted the foreign settler population. Many fled to the fortified town of Cardigan for safety, which was subsequently taken and burned by the Welsh.
Massacre of the Jews at York
Massacre of the Jews at York
Date
16 March 1190
Name
Massacre of the Jews at York
Location
York, England
Deaths
150
Notes
"A wave of anti-Semitic riots culminated in the massacre of an estimated 150 Jews – the entire Jewish community of York – who had taken refuge in the royal castle where Clifford's Tower now stands. The chronicler William of Newburgh described the rioters in York as acting 'without any scruple of Christian conscientiousness' in wiping out the Jewish community."
Massacre of Berwick
Massacre of Berwick
Date
30 March 1296
Name
Massacre of Berwick
Location
Berwick-upon-Tweed, Scotland (at the time)
Deaths
7,500–16,000
Injuries
unknown
Notes
After besieging the Scottish town, English troops massacred the civilian and military population.
St Scholastica Day riot
St Scholastica Day riot
Date
10–12 February 1355
Name
St Scholastica Day riot
Location
Oxford, England
Deaths
93
Injuries
Unknown
Notes
A riot culminating from tensions between the people of the city of Oxford and the academic community of the University.
Massacre of Monzievaird
Massacre of Monzievaird
Date
21 October 1490
Name
Massacre of Monzievaird
Location
Monzievaird, Scotland
Deaths
possibly 120
Notes
Clan warfare
Amersham Martyrdoms
Amersham Martyrdoms
Date
1521
Name
Amersham Martyrdoms
Location
Amersham, Buckinghamshire
Deaths
6
Notes
Massacre of Lollards for the heresy of reading the Bible in English
Clyst Heath Massacre
Clyst Heath Massacre
Date
1549
Name
Clyst Heath Massacre
Location
Clyst Heath, Devon
Deaths
900
Notes
Massacre of bound and gagged rebels from Cornwall and Devon taken prisoner during the Prayer Book Rebellion.
Eigg massacre
Eigg massacre
Date
1577
Name
Eigg massacre
Location
Isle of Eigg, Scotland
Deaths
395
Notes
Clan warfare: according to the Clanranald legend, all but one of the Isle of Eigg's MacDonald clan were asphyxiated by their rival MacLeod clan in the massacre cave on the south coast of the island.
Storming of Bolton
Storming of Bolton
Date
28 May 1644
Name
Storming of Bolton
Location
Bolton, England
Deaths
1,600
Notes
During the English Civil War, Royalist forces under Prince Rupert of the Rhine slaughtered a large population of the strongly Parliamentarian town of Bolton.
Sack of Aberdeen
Sack of Aberdeen
Date
September 1644
Name
Sack of Aberdeen
Location
Aberdeen, Scotland
Deaths
118-160
Notes
During the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, Royalist forces under General Montrose sacked the city of Aberdeen after it defied his authority.
Battle of Philiphaugh
Battle of Philiphaugh
Date
1645
Name
Battle of Philiphaugh
Location
Philiphaugh, Scotland
Deaths
400
Notes
During the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, Irish soldiers and camp followers killed after surrender by the Covenanters.
Dunoon massacre
Dunoon massacre
Date
1646
Name
Dunoon massacre
Location
Dunoon, Scotland
Deaths
200
Notes
Clan warfare
Battle of Dunaverty
Battle of Dunaverty
Date
May 1647
Name
Battle of Dunaverty
Location
Kintyre, Scotland
Deaths
300
Notes
More than 300 of MacDougalls and MacDonald's followers, men, women and children, were slaughtered at Dunaverty after being promised quarter (mercy) by the Covenanters.
Massacre of Glencoe
Massacre of Glencoe
Date
13 February 1692
Name
Massacre of Glencoe
Location
Glen Coe, Scotland
Deaths
78
Notes
Committed by government troops under Captain Robert Campbell of Glenlyon, due to irregularities concerning the swearing of an oath of allegiance to William of Orange.
Hexham Riot
Hexham Riot
Date
9 March 1761
Name
Hexham Riot
Location
Hexham
Deaths
45 - 51?
Injuries
300 est.
Notes
Massacre of demonstrators at Hexham Market Place by North Yorkshire militia.
Massacre of St George's Fields
Massacre of St George's Fields
Date
10 May 1768
Name
Massacre of St George's Fields
Location
London, England
Deaths
6–7
Notes
Committed by the Horse Grenadier Guards and the Third Regiment of Foot Guards during a riot against the imprisonment of John Wilkes in St. George's Fields.
Massacre of Tranent
Massacre of Tranent
Date
29 October 1797
Name
Massacre of Tranent
Location
Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland
Deaths
12
Notes
Townsfolk, including women and children, were killed by members of the Cinque Ports Dragoons, a fencible cavalry regiment, during a protest against the Act of Parliament to raise a Scots militia by a form of conscription.
Peterloo Massacre
Peterloo Massacre
Date
16 August 1819
Name
Peterloo Massacre
Location
Manchester, Lancashire, England
Deaths
15
Injuries
400–700
Notes
Committed by the 15th Hussars and the Manchester and Salford Yeomanry during a large outdoor political demonstration for male universal suffrage in St. Peter's Field. Led to the enacting of the Six Acts.
Merthyr Rising
Merthyr Rising
Date
May – 7 June 1831
Name
Merthyr Rising
Location
Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
Deaths
24-26
Injuries
70+
Notes
Described by historian John Davies as "the most ferocious and bloody event in the history of industrialised Britain", the rebellion in Merthyr Tydfil and surrounding areas broke out following protests against falling wages, the price of bread, and forced redundancy. During the bloodiest incident, Argyll and Sutherland Highlander troops sent to retake Merthyr fired on protesters during a fight against a large crowd.
Newport Rising
Newport Rising
Date
4 November 1839
Name
Newport Rising
Location
Newport, Wales
Deaths
22
Injuries
50+
Notes
Led by John Frost, between 1,000 and 5,000 Chartist sympathisers armed with home-made weapons marched on Newport, intent on liberating fellow Chartists who had reportedly been taken prisoner. About 22 demonstrators were killed when troops opened fire on them. The leaders of the rebellion were convicted of high treason, and sentenced to transportation for life.
Preston Strike of 1842
Preston Strike of 1842
Date
12/13 August 1842
Name
Preston Strike of 1842
Location
Preston, Lancashire, England
Deaths
4
Injuries
3+
Notes
The Mayor Samuel Horrocks read the Riot Act. This gave local authorities the right to use force if necessary to disperse unlawful assemblies and stop riots. When violence escalated and the crowd did not disperse, the 72nd Highlanders fired into the crowd, shooting at least eight men.
Clerkenwell explosion
Clerkenwell explosion
Date
13 December 1867
Name
Clerkenwell explosion
Location
London, England
Deaths
12
Injuries
120
Notes
The Irish Republican Brotherhood attempted to free a member named Ricard O'Sullivan Burke from Clerkenwell Prison by blowing up a wall with gunpowder. The explosion damaged several nearby buildings and killed twelve people. No prisoners escaped.
Coventry bombing
Coventry bombing
Date
25 August 1939
Name
Coventry bombing
Location
Coventry, England
Deaths
5
Injuries
70
Notes
A bicycle bomb planted by the Irish Republican Army exploded without warning on Broadgate in Coventry city centre. Five bystanders were killed and there were over 70 injuries, 12 of them serious. Two of the perpetrators, Peter Barnes and James McCormick were convicted and executed for the crime.
Aldershot bombing
Aldershot bombing
Date
22 February 1972
Name
Aldershot bombing
Location
Aldershot, England
Deaths
7
Injuries
18
Notes
A car bomb outside the headquarters of the British Army's 16th Parachute Regiment by Official IRA member Noel Jenkinson.
M62 coach bombing
M62 coach bombing
Date
4 February 1974
Name
M62 coach bombing
Location
West Yorkshire, England
Deaths
12
Injuries
38
Notes
A bombing on a coach carrying servicemen and their families by the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
Guildford pub bombings
Guildford pub bombings
Date
5 October 1974
Name
Guildford pub bombings
Location
Guildford, England
Deaths
5
Injuries
65
Notes
Two bombs detonated in two Guildford pubs by the PIRA who targeted them because they were popular with British servicemen.
Birmingham pub bombings
Birmingham pub bombings
Date
21 November 1974
Name
Birmingham pub bombings
Location
Birmingham, England
Deaths
21
Injuries
182
Notes
Two bombs detonated in two Birmingham pubs by the PIRA.
Denmark Place fire
Denmark Place fire
Date
16 August 1980
Name
Denmark Place fire
Location
London, England
Deaths
37
Notes
An arson attack against a nightclub on Denmark Street by patron who was angry at being barred from the club for arguing with a barman. Described – prior to the Lockerbie bombing – as the deadliest mass murder in modern British history.
Hungerford massacre
Hungerford massacre
Date
19 August 1987
Name
Hungerford massacre
Location
Hungerford, England
Deaths
16
Injuries
15
Notes
A spree shooting/murder–suicide. Led to the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988.
Lockerbie bombing
Lockerbie bombing
Date
21 December 1988
Name
Lockerbie bombing
Location
Lockerbie, Scotland
Deaths
270
Notes
A bombing on the Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie by Libyan terrorist Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the damaged plane fell onto the town of Lockerbie. All passengers and crew members on the flight were killed, and eleven people on the ground.
Clerkenwell cinema fire
Clerkenwell cinema fire
Date
26 February 1994
Name
Clerkenwell cinema fire
Location
London, England
Deaths
11
Injuries
13
Notes
An arson attack against a cinema in Clerkenwell by patron who was angry at having to pay entry fee again after leaving.
Dunblane massacre
Dunblane massacre
Date
13 March 1996
Name
Dunblane massacre
Location
Dunblane, Scotland
Deaths
17
Injuries
15
Notes
A school shooting/murder–suicide. Deadliest mass shooting in UK history.
7 July 2005 London bombings
7 July 2005 London bombings
Date
7 July 2005
Name
7 July 2005 London bombings
Location
London, England
Deaths
52
Injuries
700+
Notes
Al-Qaeda attack.
Four coordinated terrorist Suicide bombings in central London between 08:50 and 09:47. It was the United Kingdom's worst terrorist incident since the 1988 Lockerbie bombing.
Cumbria shootings
Cumbria shootings
Date
2 June 2010
Name
Cumbria shootings
Location
Cumbria, England
Deaths
12
Injuries
11
Notes
A killing spree/murder–suicide.
Horden shooting
Horden shooting
Date
1 January 2012
Name
Horden shooting
Location
Horden, England
Deaths
4
Injuries
1
Notes
A mass shooting/murder–suicide.
2017 Westminster attack
2017 Westminster attack
Date
22 March 2017
Name
2017 Westminster attack
Location
London, England
Deaths
6
Injuries
49
Notes
A vehicle and knife Islamist terrorist attack outside the Palace of Westminster.
Manchester Arena bombing
Manchester Arena bombing
Date
22 May 2017
Name
Manchester Arena bombing
Location
Manchester, England
Deaths
23
Injuries
1017
Notes
Islamist terrorist suicide attack at Manchester Arena after an Ariana Grande concert. In May 2018, the number of injured was revised to 800.
2017 London Bridge attack
2017 London Bridge attack
Date
3 June 2017
Name
2017 London Bridge attack
Location
London, England
Deaths
8
Injuries
48
Notes
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria attack/vehicle and knife attack.
2021 Plymouth shooting
2021 Plymouth shooting
Date
12 August 2021
Name
2021 Plymouth shooting
Location
Plymouth, England
Deaths
6
Injuries
2
Notes
6 people killed including the gunman after a mass shooting in Keyham, Plymouth. The gunman was Jake William Davison.
2024 Southport stabbings
2024 Southport stabbings
Date
29 July 2024
Name
2024 Southport stabbings
Location
Southport, England
Deaths
3
Injuries
10
Notes
A mass stabbing killed three children and injured ten others at a Taylor Swift–themed yoga and dance workshop.
| Date | Name | Location | Deaths | Injuries | Notes |
| 211 | Severan Genocide | Stirlingshire and Perthshire | unknown | Cassius Dio's Roman History (Book LXXVII, Chapter 15) records that Septimius Severus ordered the following When the inhabitants of the island again revolted, he summoned the soldiers and ordered them to invade the rebels' country, killing everybody they met; and he quoted these words: "Let no one escape sheer destruction, No one our hands, not even the babe in the womb of the mother, If it be male; let it nevertheless not escape sheer destruction." | |
| 60 or 61 | Boudica's attacks on Roman cities | Camulodunum (modern-day Colchester), Londinium (modern-day London), Verulamium (modern-day St Albans) | 70,000–80,000 (Mostly Britons) | Forces led by Boudica, Queen of the Iceni tribe, massacred both Romans and Britons in Camulodunum, Londinium and Verulamium. Her forces were later defeated by the Romans at the Battle of Watling Street. | |
| 633–634 | Cadwallon ap Cadfan's occupation of Northumbria | Northumbria | Unknown | King Cadwallon ap Cadfan of Gwynedd, defeated and occupied the Kingdom of Northumbria after allying with King Penda of Mercia. Bede describes Cadwallon's actions during the occupation, stating "though he bore the name and professed himself a Christian, was so barbarous in his disposition and behaviour, that he neither spared the female sex, nor the innocent age of children, but with savage cruelty put them to tormenting deaths, ravaging all their country for a long time, and resolving to cut off all the race of the English within the borders of Britain". Cadwallon's occupation ended when he was killed at the Battle of Heavenfield. | |
| 13 November 1002 | St. Brice's Day massacre | Territory of England under Anglo-Saxon control | Unknown | The St. Brice's Day massacre was the extermination of immigrant Danes, their families and descendants, including those of mixed Danish and Anglo-Saxon descent on orders of the Anglo-Saxon King Æthelred the Unready and took place in remaining territory in his control in what is now England, at a time England was subject to Danelaw. Gunhilde sister of Sweyn Forkbeard, the King of Denmark was a victim along with her husband Pallig Tokesen | |
| 1066 | Harald Hardrada's attack on Scarborough | Scarborough | No survivors | Attack by Vikings led by Harald Hardrada and Tostig Godwinson. A prelude to the Battle of Stamford Bridge and ultimately the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Scarborough was subsequently absent from the Domesday Book. | |
| 1069–1070 | Harrying of the North | The North of England between the Humber and the Tees | 100,000 | William the Conqueror's men burnt whole villages and slaughtered the inhabitants. Foodstores and livestock were destroyed so that anyone surviving the initial massacre would starve over the winter. | |
| October 1136 | Massacre of Norman, English, and Flemish Settlers | Cardigan and surrounding areas | 10,000 | Following the victory of Gwynedd and Deheubarth over the Norman forces at the Battle of Crug Mawr, the Welsh targeted the foreign settler population. Many fled to the fortified town of Cardigan for safety, which was subsequently taken and burned by the Welsh. | |
| 16 March 1190 | Massacre of the Jews at York | York, England | 150 | "A wave of anti-Semitic riots culminated in the massacre of an estimated 150 Jews – the entire Jewish community of York – who had taken refuge in the royal castle where Clifford's Tower now stands. The chronicler William of Newburgh described the rioters in York as acting 'without any scruple of Christian conscientiousness' in wiping out the Jewish community." | |
| 30 March 1296 | Massacre of Berwick | Berwick-upon-Tweed, Scotland (at the time) | 7,500–16,000 | unknown | After besieging the Scottish town, English troops massacred the civilian and military population. |
| 10–12 February 1355 | St Scholastica Day riot | Oxford, England | 93 | Unknown | A riot culminating from tensions between the people of the city of Oxford and the academic community of the University. |
| 21 October 1490 | Massacre of Monzievaird | Monzievaird, Scotland | possibly 120 | Clan warfare | |
| 1521 | Amersham Martyrdoms | Amersham, Buckinghamshire | 6 | Massacre of Lollards for the heresy of reading the Bible in English | |
| 1549 | Clyst Heath Massacre | Clyst Heath, Devon | 900 | Massacre of bound and gagged rebels from Cornwall and Devon taken prisoner during the Prayer Book Rebellion. | |
| 1577 | Eigg massacre | Isle of Eigg, Scotland | 395 | Clan warfare: according to the Clanranald legend, all but one of the Isle of Eigg's MacDonald clan were asphyxiated by their rival MacLeod clan in the massacre cave on the south coast of the island. | |
| 28 May 1644 | Storming of Bolton | Bolton, England | 1,600 | During the English Civil War, Royalist forces under Prince Rupert of the Rhine slaughtered a large population of the strongly Parliamentarian town of Bolton. | |
| September 1644 | Sack of Aberdeen | Aberdeen, Scotland | 118-160 | During the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, Royalist forces under General Montrose sacked the city of Aberdeen after it defied his authority. | |
| 1645 | Battle of Philiphaugh | Philiphaugh, Scotland | 400 | During the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, Irish soldiers and camp followers killed after surrender by the Covenanters. | |
| 1646 | Dunoon massacre | Dunoon, Scotland | 200 | Clan warfare | |
| May 1647 | Battle of Dunaverty | Kintyre, Scotland | 300 | More than 300 of MacDougalls and MacDonald's followers, men, women and children, were slaughtered at Dunaverty after being promised quarter (mercy) by the Covenanters. | |
| 13 February 1692 | Massacre of Glencoe | Glen Coe, Scotland | 78 | Committed by government troops under Captain Robert Campbell of Glenlyon, due to irregularities concerning the swearing of an oath of allegiance to William of Orange. | |
| 9 March 1761 | Hexham Riot | Hexham | 45 - 51? | 300 est. | Massacre of demonstrators at Hexham Market Place by North Yorkshire militia. |
| 10 May 1768 | Massacre of St George's Fields | London, England | 6–7 | Committed by the Horse Grenadier Guards and the Third Regiment of Foot Guards during a riot against the imprisonment of John Wilkes in St. George's Fields. | |
| 29 October 1797 | Massacre of Tranent | Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland | 12 | Townsfolk, including women and children, were killed by members of the Cinque Ports Dragoons, a fencible cavalry regiment, during a protest against the Act of Parliament to raise a Scots militia by a form of conscription. | |
| 16 August 1819 | Peterloo Massacre | Manchester, Lancashire, England | 15 | 400–700 | Committed by the 15th Hussars and the Manchester and Salford Yeomanry during a large outdoor political demonstration for male universal suffrage in St. Peter's Field. Led to the enacting of the Six Acts. |
| May – 7 June 1831 | Merthyr Rising | Merthyr Tydfil, Wales | 24-26 | 70+ | Described by historian John Davies as "the most ferocious and bloody event in the history of industrialised Britain", the rebellion in Merthyr Tydfil and surrounding areas broke out following protests against falling wages, the price of bread, and forced redundancy. During the bloodiest incident, Argyll and Sutherland Highlander troops sent to retake Merthyr fired on protesters during a fight against a large crowd. |
| 4 November 1839 | Newport Rising | Newport, Wales | 22 | 50+ | Led by John Frost, between 1,000 and 5,000 Chartist sympathisers armed with home-made weapons marched on Newport, intent on liberating fellow Chartists who had reportedly been taken prisoner. About 22 demonstrators were killed when troops opened fire on them. The leaders of the rebellion were convicted of high treason, and sentenced to transportation for life. |
| 12/13 August 1842 | Preston Strike of 1842 | Preston, Lancashire, England | 4 | 3+ | The Mayor Samuel Horrocks read the Riot Act. This gave local authorities the right to use force if necessary to disperse unlawful assemblies and stop riots. When violence escalated and the crowd did not disperse, the 72nd Highlanders fired into the crowd, shooting at least eight men. |
| 13 December 1867 | Clerkenwell explosion | London, England | 12 | 120 | The Irish Republican Brotherhood attempted to free a member named Ricard O'Sullivan Burke from Clerkenwell Prison by blowing up a wall with gunpowder. The explosion damaged several nearby buildings and killed twelve people. No prisoners escaped. |
| 25 August 1939 | Coventry bombing | Coventry, England | 5 | 70 | A bicycle bomb planted by the Irish Republican Army exploded without warning on Broadgate in Coventry city centre. Five bystanders were killed and there were over 70 injuries, 12 of them serious. Two of the perpetrators, Peter Barnes and James McCormick were convicted and executed for the crime. |
| 22 February 1972 | Aldershot bombing | Aldershot, England | 7 | 18 | A car bomb outside the headquarters of the British Army's 16th Parachute Regiment by Official IRA member Noel Jenkinson. |
| 4 February 1974 | M62 coach bombing | West Yorkshire, England | 12 | 38 | A bombing on a coach carrying servicemen and their families by the Provisional Irish Republican Army. |
| 5 October 1974 | Guildford pub bombings | Guildford, England | 5 | 65 | Two bombs detonated in two Guildford pubs by the PIRA who targeted them because they were popular with British servicemen. |
| 21 November 1974 | Birmingham pub bombings | Birmingham, England | 21 | 182 | Two bombs detonated in two Birmingham pubs by the PIRA. |
| 16 August 1980 | Denmark Place fire | London, England | 37 | An arson attack against a nightclub on Denmark Street by patron who was angry at being barred from the club for arguing with a barman. Described – prior to the Lockerbie bombing – as the deadliest mass murder in modern British history. | |
| 19 August 1987 | Hungerford massacre | Hungerford, England | 16 | 15 | A spree shooting/murder–suicide. Led to the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988. |
| 21 December 1988 | Lockerbie bombing | Lockerbie, Scotland | 270 | A bombing on the Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie by Libyan terrorist Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the damaged plane fell onto the town of Lockerbie. All passengers and crew members on the flight were killed, and eleven people on the ground. | |
| 26 February 1994 | Clerkenwell cinema fire | London, England | 11 | 13 | An arson attack against a cinema in Clerkenwell by patron who was angry at having to pay entry fee again after leaving. |
| 13 March 1996 | Dunblane massacre | Dunblane, Scotland | 17 | 15 | A school shooting/murder–suicide. Deadliest mass shooting in UK history. |
| 7 July 2005 | 7 July 2005 London bombings | London, England | 52 | 700+ | Al-Qaeda attack. Four coordinated terrorist Suicide bombings in central London between 08:50 and 09:47. It was the United Kingdom's worst terrorist incident since the 1988 Lockerbie bombing. |
| 2 June 2010 | Cumbria shootings | Cumbria, England | 12 | 11 | A killing spree/murder–suicide. |
| 1 January 2012 | Horden shooting | Horden, England | 4 | 1 | A mass shooting/murder–suicide. |
| 22 March 2017 | 2017 Westminster attack | London, England | 6 | 49 | A vehicle and knife Islamist terrorist attack outside the Palace of Westminster. |
| 22 May 2017 | Manchester Arena bombing | Manchester, England | 23 | 1017 | Islamist terrorist suicide attack at Manchester Arena after an Ariana Grande concert. In May 2018, the number of injured was revised to 800. |
| 3 June 2017 | 2017 London Bridge attack | London, England | 8 | 48 | Islamic State of Iraq and Syria attack/vehicle and knife attack. |
| 12 August 2021 | 2021 Plymouth shooting | Plymouth, England | 6 | 2 | 6 people killed including the gunman after a mass shooting in Keyham, Plymouth. The gunman was Jake William Davison. |
| 29 July 2024 | 2024 Southport stabbings | Southport, England | 3 | 10 | A mass stabbing killed three children and injured ten others at a Taylor Swift–themed yoga and dance workshop. |
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