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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorset Police | S136 place of safety — Police station | 1 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Durham Constabulary | S136 place of safety — A&E | 41 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Durham Constabulary | S136 place of safety — Not known | 1 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Durham Constabulary | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 117 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Durham Constabulary | S136 detentions | 159 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Dyfed-Powys Police | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 102 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Dyfed-Powys Police | S136 place of safety — A&E | 85 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Dyfed-Powys Police | S136 detentions | 188 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Dyfed-Powys Police | S136 place of safety — Police station | 1 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| East London NHS Foundation Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 495 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 35 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Essex Police | S136 place of safety — Not known | 44 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Essex Police | S136 detentions | 449 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Essex Police | S136 place of safety — A&E | 230 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Essex Police | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 174 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Essex Police | S136 place of safety — Private home | 1 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Gloucestershire Constabulary | S136 place of safety — Other | 5 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Gloucestershire Constabulary | S136 place of safety — Not known | 3 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Gloucestershire Constabulary | S136 place of safety — Police station | 5 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Gloucestershire Constabulary | S136 detentions | 342 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Gloucestershire Constabulary | S136 place of safety — A&E | 121 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Gloucestershire Constabulary | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 208 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 260 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 40 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Greater Manchester Police | S136 detentions | 1,879 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Greater Manchester Police | S136 place of safety — Police station | 36 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Greater Manchester Police | S136 place of safety — Not known | 6 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Greater Manchester Police | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 305 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Greater Manchester Police | S136 place of safety — A&E | 1,532 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Gwent Police | S136 detentions | 443 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Gwent Police | S136 place of safety — A&E | 133 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Gwent Police | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 309 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Gwent Police | S136 place of safety — Police station | 1 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary | S136 place of safety — A&E | 493 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary | S136 place of safety — Not known | 28 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary | S136 place of safety — Police station | 1 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 297 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary | S136 detentions | 819 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 560 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Hertfordshire Constabulary | S136 detentions | 785 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Hertfordshire Constabulary | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 144 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Hertfordshire Constabulary | S136 place of safety — Other | 1 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Hertfordshire Constabulary | S136 place of safety — A&E | 640 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 305 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Humberside Police | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 404 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Humberside Police | S136 place of safety — Private home | 4 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Humberside Police | S136 place of safety — A&E | 72 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Humberside Police | S136 place of safety — Not known | 292 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Humberside Police | S136 detentions | 772 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 355 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |