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Near to real-time suspected suicide surveillance (nRTSSS) for England

Reporting of deaths by suspected suicide, acting as an early warning system for indications of change in suicides to inform suicide prevention.

Updates to this page

From:
Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
Published:
30 November 2023
Last updated:
31 July 2025
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  1. Note added to explain that to enable historical reporting to remain available, since the January 2025 publication, this page is no longer being updated.

  2. The methodology has been moved to a separate page.

  3. Added new data on deaths by suspected suicides for September and October 2024. Delayed submissions of deaths for months prior to September 2024 are also included.

  4. Added new data on deaths by suspected suicides for August 2024. Delayed submissions of deaths for months prior to August 2024 are also included.

  5. Added new data on deaths by suspected suicides for July 2024. Delayed submissions of deaths for months prior to July 2024 are also included.

  6. Added new data on deaths by suspected suicides for June 2024. Delayed submissions of deaths for months prior to June 2024 are also included.

  7. Added new data on deaths by suspected suicides for May 2024. Delayed submissions of deaths for months prior to May 2024 are also included.

  8. Added new data on deaths by suspected suicides for April 2024. Delayed submissions of deaths for months prior to April 2024 are also included.

  9. Added new data on deaths by suspected suicides for March 2024. Delayed submissions of deaths for months prior to March 2024 are also included.

  10. Added new data on deaths by suspected suicides for February 2024. Delayed submissions of deaths for months prior to February 2024 are also included. Monthly rates and quarterly proportions by method type for quarters have also been recalculated for the months affected by delayed submissions.

  11. Added new data on deaths by suspected suicides for January 2024. Delayed submissions of deaths for months prior to January 2024 are also included.

  12. Added new data on deaths by suspected suicides for December 2023 and for calendar quarter 4, 2023. Delayed submissions of deaths for months prior to December 2023 are also included.

  13. Added new data on deaths by suspected suicides for November 2023 and for calendar quarter 3, 2023. Delayed submissions of deaths for months prior to November 2023 are also included.

  14. Added new data on deaths by suspected suicides for September 2023 and October 2023, and for calendar quarter 3, 2023. Late submissions of deaths for months prior to September 2023 are also included. Monthly rates for the period August 2022 to August 2023 have been updated following publication of rebased local mid-year estimate populations based on 2021 Census.

  15. First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Statistical report: near to real-time suspected suicide surveillance (nRTSSS) for England for the 15 months to October 2024

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Data tables: near to real-time suspected suicide surveillance (nRTSSS) for England for the 15 months to October 2024

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Pre-release access list: near to real-time suspected suicide surveillance (nRTSSS) for England

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Details

To enable historical reporting to remain available, since the January 2025 publication, this page is no longer being updated.

See the Near to real-time suspected suicide surveillance (nRTSSS) for England page for the latest bulletin, past bulletins and methodology.

The January 2025 report includes:

  • new data for September and October 2024 and the removal of data for June and July 2023 so that reporting covers the most recent 15 month period
  • new data for quarter 3 (July to September) 2024 and removal of quarter 2 (April to June) 2023 so that reporting covers the most recent 5 quarters
  • additional data for the months January to August 2024, due to delayed submissions by some police force areas (PFAs)
  • recalculated monthly rates and quarterly proportions for the months affected by delayed submissions

This report has moved from a monthly to a quarterly publication (updated in January, April, July and October). This decision was made following recent user research. Further changes to the content and presentation will follow.

About the near to real-time suspected suicide surveillance (nRTSSS) for England

These documents are classified as official statistics in development.

The nRTSSS report presents rates of suspected suicides in England broken down by age group and sex. It also gives an overview of suspected suicide method.

It is supplemented by:

  • data tables to provide access to all underlying data

  • a methodology document to provide an overview of data quality assessment, inclusion criteria and statistical approaches used

The primary purpose of the nRTSSS is to provide suicide prevention planners with an early indication of changes in trends of suicide to inform and enable a more timely and targeted response.

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