Suicide Prevention
The aim of this profile is to improve the availability and accessibility of information and intelligence around suicide to support suicide prevention. The profile provides an overview across multiple geographies in England to support planning and commissioning of local services.
Profile structure
The indicators in the profile are grouped into the following topics:
- suicide data
- related risk factors
- related service contacts
A number of geographies are available with which to view each indicator. These are:
- England
- integrated care boards (ICBs)
- NHS regions
- counties, districts and unitary authorities (UAs)
- regions
Related profiles
For more information on mental health topics, go to Perinatal, children and young people's mental health and Adult mental health and wellbeing profiles.
Supporting information
A range of additional intelligence products are provided which can be used alongside the profile. Further information can be found at:
Contact us
For enquiries and feedback relating to the mental health profiles, please email: mhit@dhsc.gov.uk
Recent updates
February 2026
The following indicators were updated:
Related risk factors:
- Domestic abuse related incidents and crimes
- Homelessness: households in temporary accommodation
Related service contacts:
- Successful completion of drug treatment: opiate users
- Successful completion of drug treatment: non opiate users
- Successful completion of alcohol treatment
January 2026
Note: values for the East of England and the North West NHS regions did not show for some of the Quality and Outcomes Framework data in this profile from 02/12/2025 to 08/01/2026. This was due to a change in the codes for these regions. This issue has been rectified in the January 2026 update.
December 2025
The following indicators were updated:
Suicide data:
For suicide rates (persons, males and females) for NHS regions and integrated care boards (ICBs):
- new data for the period 2022 to 2024
- updated data for the periods 2020 to 2022 and 2021 to 2023
For age-standardised rates for suicide by age and sex (persons, males and females) for England, regions, upper tier local authorities, NHS regions and ICBs:
- new data for the period 2020 to 2024
- updated data for the periods 2018 to 2022 and 2019 to 2023
Related risk factors:
- Depression: QOF prevalence - retired after 2022/23
- Mental Health: QOF prevalence
- Patients with psychosis who have a current record of alcohol consumption
Related service contacts:
- Patients with severe mental health issues having a comprehensive care plan (denominator incl. PCAs)
- Depression: QOF incidence - new diagnosis
November 2025
New data points added for:
October 2025
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Refresh data points for:
August 2025
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July 2025
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June 2025
Correction to the error identified (May 2025) in data for ICB and NHS region geographies has been applied for:
March 2025
New data points added for:
February 2025
New data points added for:
The February 2025 update presents data on the age-standardised suicide rate by age and sex (5 years) indicator for the first time by Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) and NHS region geographies from 2012 to 2022. Please note this update does not include the data point for 2023 yet as population estimates are not available.
September 2024
New data points added for:
