Source | Mental health crisis powers
Section 136 Mental Health Act Detentions
61,128 latest-year detentions
233 metric records
Year ending Mar 2025 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 2025. 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
- 17 Sep 2026
- Latest/source range
- Year ending Mar 2025
Records written on 1 of the last 90 days; last write 17 Sep 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 | 1,691 |
| Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) | S136 uses at health-based places of safety per NHS trust | 156 |
Metric records
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| Body | Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avon and Somerset Police | S136 detentions | 1,639 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Avon and Somerset Police | S136 place of safety — Not known | 11 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Avon and Somerset Police | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 1,161 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Avon and Somerset Police | S136 place of safety — A&E | 467 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Bedfordshire Police | S136 place of safety — A&E | 101 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Bedfordshire Police | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 258 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Bedfordshire Police | S136 detentions | 359 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 155 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 725 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 210 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Cambridgeshire Constabulary | S136 detentions | 323 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Cambridgeshire Constabulary | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 156 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Cambridgeshire Constabulary | S136 place of safety — Private home | 1 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Cambridgeshire Constabulary | S136 place of safety — A&E | 166 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 640 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 300 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Cheshire Constabulary | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 77 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Cheshire Constabulary | S136 detentions | 342 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Cheshire Constabulary | S136 place of safety — A&E | 261 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Cheshire Constabulary | S136 place of safety — Police station | 4 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| City of London Police | S136 place of safety — Not known | 1 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| City of London Police | S136 detentions | 79 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| City of London Police | S136 place of safety — A&E | 68 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| City of London Police | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 10 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Cleveland Police | S136 place of safety — Not known | 4 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Cleveland Police | S136 detentions | 199 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Cleveland Police | S136 place of safety — A&E | 16 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Cleveland Police | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 179 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Cumbria Constabulary | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 148 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Cumbria Constabulary | S136 detentions | 196 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Cumbria Constabulary | S136 place of safety — A&E | 32 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Cumbria Constabulary | S136 place of safety — Not known | 4 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Cumbria Constabulary | S136 place of safety — Police station | 12 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 450 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Derbyshire Constabulary | S136 detentions | 606 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Derbyshire Constabulary | S136 place of safety — Police station | 5 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Derbyshire Constabulary | S136 place of safety — A&E | 256 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Derbyshire Constabulary | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 345 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 370 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Devon and Cornwall Police | S136 place of safety — A&E | 280 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Devon and Cornwall Police | S136 place of safety — Not known | 40 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Devon and Cornwall Police | S136 place of safety — Other | 6 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Devon and Cornwall Police | S136 detentions | 660 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Devon and Cornwall Police | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 334 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Devon Partnership NHS Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 40 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 160 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Dorset Police | S136 place of safety — A&E | 17 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Dorset Police | S136 detentions | 231 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Dorset Police | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 168 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Dorset Police | S136 place of safety — Not known | 45 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |