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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northumbria Police | S136 place of safety — Private home | 1 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| North Wales Police | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 199 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| North Wales Police | S136 place of safety — Not known | 6 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| North Wales Police | S136 detentions | 403 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| North Wales Police | S136 place of safety — A&E | 186 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| North Wales Police | S136 place of safety — Police station | 9 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| North Wales Police | S136 place of safety — Other | 3 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| North Yorkshire Police | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 273 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| North Yorkshire Police | S136 detentions | 273 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 415 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Nottinghamshire Police | S136 place of safety — Police station | 2 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Nottinghamshire Police | S136 detentions | 351 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Nottinghamshire Police | S136 place of safety — A&E | 24 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Nottinghamshire Police | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 325 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 490 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 225 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 585 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 570 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Solent NHS Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 40 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Somerset NHS Foundation Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 15 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 490 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| South Wales Police | S136 place of safety — Not known | 13 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| South Wales Police | S136 place of safety — Police station | 5 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| South Wales Police | S136 place of safety — Private home | 1 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| South Wales Police | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 773 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| South Wales Police | S136 place of safety — A&E | 288 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| South Wales Police | S136 detentions | 1,080 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 120 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 385 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| South Yorkshire Police | S136 detentions | 930 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| South Yorkshire Police | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 439 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| South Yorkshire Police | S136 place of safety — Police station | 4 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| South Yorkshire Police | S136 place of safety — A&E | 487 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Staffordshire Police | S136 place of safety — A&E | 54 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Staffordshire Police | S136 detentions | 374 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Staffordshire Police | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 319 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Staffordshire Police | S136 place of safety — Private home | 1 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Suffolk Constabulary | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 222 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Suffolk Constabulary | S136 place of safety — A&E | 49 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Suffolk Constabulary | S136 detentions | 271 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 465 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Surrey Police | S136 place of safety — A&E | 23 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Surrey Police | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 328 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Surrey Police | S136 place of safety — Not known | 319 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Surrey Police | S136 place of safety — Police station | 14 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Surrey Police | S136 detentions | 684 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Sussex Partnership NHS Trust | S136 uses (health-based place of safety) | 130 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Uses (NHS England) |
| Sussex Police | S136 detentions | 819 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Sussex Police | S136 place of safety — Not known | 2 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |
| Sussex Police | S136 place of safety — Health-based | 71 count | Year ending Mar 2025 | Section 136 MHA Detentions (Home Office) |