Data on the number of apparent suicides following police custody in England and Wales from 2004/05 to 2019/20 shows that from 2012/13 the number of apparent suicides following police custody increased, peaking in 2014/15 at 71 apparent suicides.
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Independent Police Complaints Commission. (September 4, 2020). Apparent suicides following police custody in England and Wales from 2004/05 to 2019/20 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 28, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/319267/deaths-during-or-following-police-contact-apparent-suicides-in-england-and-wales/
Independent Police Complaints Commission. "Apparent suicides following police custody in England and Wales from 2004/05 to 2019/20." Chart. September 4, 2020. Statista. Accessed June 28, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/319267/deaths-during-or-following-police-contact-apparent-suicides-in-england-and-wales/
Independent Police Complaints Commission. (2020). Apparent suicides following police custody in England and Wales from 2004/05 to 2019/20. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 28, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/319267/deaths-during-or-following-police-contact-apparent-suicides-in-england-and-wales/
Independent Police Complaints Commission. "Apparent Suicides following Police Custody in England and Wales from 2004/05 to 2019/20." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 Sep 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/319267/deaths-during-or-following-police-contact-apparent-suicides-in-england-and-wales/
Independent Police Complaints Commission, Apparent suicides following police custody in England and Wales from 2004/05 to 2019/20 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/319267/deaths-during-or-following-police-contact-apparent-suicides-in-england-and-wales/ (last visited June 28, 2025)
Apparent suicides following police custody in England and Wales from 2004/05 to 2019/20 [Graph], Independent Police Complaints Commission, September 4, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/319267/deaths-during-or-following-police-contact-apparent-suicides-in-england-and-wales/
