Rewards offered during the Yorkshire Ripper Inquiry

The following rewards were offered during the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper,Peter Sutcliffe:

March 1978

In March 1978 the West Yorkshire Police Authority offered a reward of £10,000 for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for the crimes.

November 1978

On the 28th November 1978 the West Yorkshire Police Authority increased the reward being offered for information leading to the killer to £20,000.

November 1980

In response to brutal murder of Jacqueline Hill a number of newspaper offices in the area agreed to add £30,000 to the reward being offered by the Police Authority for information, bringing the total amount to £50,000.