You asked
Please provide the number of retired police officers, separated by year and county, who have committed suicide between 2012 and 2017 inclusive.
We said
Thank you for your request. Occupational mortality data is based on the information provided by the informant at the time of death registration; from this, it not possible for us to tell who was employed or retired at the time of death.
On our website we have already published a number of datasets on suicide among police officers that might be relevant to your request: https://www.ons.gov.uk/search?q=police+suicides
A previous report on suicide by occupation in England also provides the risk of suicide among police officers when compared to the risk in the population as a whole: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/articles/suicidebyoccupation/england2011to2015
Further information on deaths registered as suicide, including those where a specific occupation was mentioned on the death certificate and specific geographical break downs, are available to order (subject to legal frameworks, disclosure control, resources and agreements of costs, where appropriate). Such enquiries should be made to: mortality@ons.gov.uk. We recommend that you contact the Mortality Analysis team directly in order to discuss your data requirements in more detail.