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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isle of Wight NHS Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 10 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Kent Police | S136 place of safety — A&E | 178 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Kent Police | S136 place of safety — Police station | 7 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Kent Police | S136 place of safety — Not known | 38 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Kent Police | S136 detentions | 695 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Kent Police | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 472 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 290 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Lancashire Constabulary | S136 detentions | 1,132 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Lancashire Constabulary | S136 place of safety — Police station | 31 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Lancashire Constabulary | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 214 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Lancashire Constabulary | S136 place of safety — A&E | 887 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 430 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 185 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Leicestershire Police | S136 detentions | 194 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Leicestershire Police | S136 place of safety — A&E | 31 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Leicestershire Police | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 135 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Leicestershire Police | S136 place of safety — Police station | 28 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 525 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Lincolnshire Police | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 466 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Lincolnshire Police | S136 place of safety — Police station | 11 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Lincolnshire Police | S136 place of safety — Not known | 3 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Lincolnshire Police | S136 detentions | 624 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Lincolnshire Police | S136 place of safety — A&E | 144 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 620 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Merseyside Police | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 178 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Merseyside Police | S136 place of safety — A&E | 489 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Merseyside Police | S136 detentions | 667 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Metropolitan Police Service | S136 place of safety — Other | 8 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Metropolitan Police Service | S136 place of safety — Police station | 9 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Metropolitan Police Service | S136 place of safety — A&E | 4,303 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Metropolitan Police Service | S136 detentions | 5,467 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Metropolitan Police Service | S136 place of safety — Private home | 7 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Metropolitan Police Service | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 1,140 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 375 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 560 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Norfolk Constabulary | S136 place of safety — Police station | 2 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Norfolk Constabulary | S136 detentions | 383 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Norfolk Constabulary | S136 place of safety — A&E | 89 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Norfolk Constabulary | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 292 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 235 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Northamptonshire Police | S136 place of safety — A&E | 2 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Northamptonshire Police | S136 detentions | 275 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Northamptonshire Police | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 254 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Northamptonshire Police | S136 place of safety — Police station | 19 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| North East London NHS Foundation Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 295 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 155 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Northumbria Police | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 269 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Northumbria Police | S136 detentions | 283 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Northumbria Police | S136 place of safety — A&E | 4 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Northumbria Police | S136 place of safety — Police station | 9 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |