Source | Mental health crisis powers
Section 136 Mental Health Act Detentions
32,465 detentions recorded by police, Year ending Mar 2026
271 metric records
Year ending Mar 2026 latest period
Combined Section 136 catalogue page for Home Office force-level detention data and NHS England health-based place-of-safety data.
Coverage: England and Wales police forces, with NHS England health-based place-of-safety returns.
Newest content date: 31 Mar 2026. This describes the content held here, not the date this page was opened.
How this source is collected and updated
- Collection method
- Home Office CSV / NHS England statistics
- Observed update
- Updated occasionally
- Last record written
- 1 Nov 2026
- Latest/source range
- Year ending Mar 2026
Records written on 2 of the last 90 days; last write 1 Nov 2026.
Publisher's stated schedule: Annual. That is the publisher's own description, not a measurement of this copy.
Source components
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| Name | Description | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) | Police-recorded S136 Mental Health Act detentions per force | 1,925 |
| Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) | S136 uses at health-based places of safety per NHS trust | 244 |
Metric records
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| Body | Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airedale NHS Foundation Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 30 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Avon and Somerset Police | S136 detentions | 1,704 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Avon and Somerset Police | S136 place of safety — Private home | 2 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Avon and Somerset Police | S136 place of safety — Police station | 5 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Avon and Somerset Police | S136 place of safety — Not known | 10 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Avon and Somerset Police | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 1,160 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Avon and Somerset Police | S136 place of safety — A&E | 527 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Barts Health NHS Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 115 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Bedfordshire Police | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 284 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Bedfordshire Police | S136 place of safety — A&E | 101 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Bedfordshire Police | S136 detentions | 385 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 95 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 815 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 25 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 320 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 10 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Bradford District Care NHS Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 5 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| British Transport Police | S136 place of safety — Private home | 3 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| British Transport Police | S136 place of safety — A&E | 650 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| British Transport Police | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 414 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| British Transport Police | S136 place of safety — Police station | 3 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| British Transport Police | S136 detentions | 1,070 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 215 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Cambridgeshire Constabulary | S136 place of safety — A&E | 156 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Cambridgeshire Constabulary | S136 detentions | 302 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Cambridgeshire Constabulary | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 146 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 60 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 685 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 225 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 215 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Cheshire Constabulary | S136 detentions | 340 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Cheshire Constabulary | S136 place of safety — Police station | 2 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Cheshire Constabulary | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 52 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Cheshire Constabulary | S136 place of safety — A&E | 286 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 20 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Chester Hospital NHS Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 15 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| City of London Police | S136 place of safety — Police station | 1 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| City of London Police | S136 detentions | 92 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| City of London Police | S136 place of safety — A&E | 70 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| City of London Police | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 21 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Cleveland Police | S136 detentions | 161 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Cleveland Police | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 118 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Cleveland Police | S136 place of safety — A&E | 27 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Cleveland Police | S136 place of safety — Other | 11 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Cleveland Police | S136 place of safety — Not known | 5 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 460 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Derbyshire Constabulary | S136 place of safety — Other | 2 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Derbyshire Constabulary | S136 detentions | 675 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Derbyshire Constabulary | S136 place of safety — A&E | 250 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Derbyshire Constabulary | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 421 count | Year ending Mar 2026 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |