We present and analyse a catalogue of 233 pulsars with proper motion measurements .
The sample contains a wide variety of pulsars including recycled objects and those associated with globular clusters or supernova remnants .
After taking the most precise proper motions for those pulsars for which multiple measurements are available , the majority of the proper motions ( 58 % ) are derived from pulsar timing methods , 41 % using interferometers and the remaining 1 % using optical telescopes .
Many of the 1-D and 2-D speeds ( referring to speeds measured in one coordinate only and the magnitudes of the transverse velocities respectively ) derived from these measurements are somewhat lower than earlier estimates because of the use of the most recent electron density model in determining pulsar distances .
The mean 1-D speeds for the normal and recycled pulsars are 152 ( 10 ) and 54 ( 6 ) km s ^ { -1 } respectively .
The corresponding mean 2-D speeds are 246 ( 22 ) and 87 ( 13 ) km s ^ { -1 } .
PSRs B2011+38 and B2224+64 have the highest inferred 2-D speeds of \sim 1600 km s ^ { -1 } .
We study the mean speeds for different subsamples and find that , in general , they agree with previous results .
Applying a novel deconvolution technique to the sample of 73 pulsars with characteristic ages less than 3 Myr , we find the mean 3-D pulsar birth velocity to be 400 ( 40 ) km s ^ { -1 } .
The distribution of velocities is well described by a Maxwellian distribution with 1-D rms \sigma = 265 km s ^ { -1 } .
There is no evidence for a bimodal velocity distribution .
The proper motions for PSRs B1830 - 08 and B2334 + 61 are consistent with their proposed associations with the supernova remnants W41 and G114.3+0.3 respectively .