Police officer suicides

Release date:
5 April 2019

You asked

Please could you provide the number of police officers who committed suicide for each year from 2010-2018.

We said

Thank you for your enquiry. Information regarding the latest number of police officer suicides has been previously requested and can be accessed in the following releases:

  1. Number of Police Officer Suicides in England and Wales, 2001 to 2013

  2. Number of deaths of police officers classified as suicide or undetermined intent by sex, England and Wales, deaths registered in 2014

  3. Number of police officers that died by suicide in England and Wales, ages 20 to 64, 2015 to 2017

Figures for deaths registered in 2018 are not yet available.

However, if this is not precise data you require, we may be able to create what you seek, as a bespoke analysis. Any such analysis would be outside of the Freedom of Information regime and would be subject to legal frameworks, disclosure control, resources and agreement of costs where appropriate. If this is something you would be interested in, please contact mortality@ons.gov.uk so that we may discuss your enquiry further. For more information about the services we offer please visit our website.

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