Suicides in England and Wales: 1981 to 2025

Summary

Suicide death registrations by sex, age, area of usual residence of the deceased, and suicide method, and suicide occurrences, in England and Wales.

Publications

Suicides in England and Wales: 1981 to 2025

Suicide death registrations by sex, age, area of usual residence of the deceased, and suicide method, and suicide occurrences, in England and Wales.

Data

Suicide occurrences, England and Wales

Number of suicides and suicide rates, by sex and age, for England and Wales.
Suicides in England and Wales by local authority

Number of suicides, suicide rates and median registration delays, by local authority in England and Wales.
Suicides in England and Wales

Number of suicides and suicide rates by sex and age in England and Wales. Includes information on conclusion type, the proportion of suicides by method, and the median registration delay.

Contact details

Name

Population Life Events team

Email

health.data@ons.gov.uk

Phone

+44 1329 444110

About the data

Accredited Official Statistics

These are accredited official statistics. They have been independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) and found to comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics. This broadly means that the statistics:

meet user needs
are presented clearly and accessibly
are produced using appropriate data and sound methods
are managed impartially and objectively in the public interest

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