The number of murders and manslaughters has dropped by 17% to a 20-year low of 648, the annual crime figures for England and Wales show.
There were 136 fewer killings in 2008/9 compared with a year earlier, according to the Home Office figures.
Theft-related crime has risen in the last year, with domestic burglary up by 1% and shoplifting rising by 10%.
But overall crime is down by 5% and violent crime has fallen by 6%, and gun crime has seen a 17% fall.
The number of attempted murders is also down 7%, but attempted murders with knives is up 11%.
Other violent offences were up, however, including a 5% increase in the number of women raped to 12,165.
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