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Suicide rate
Part of the Population Health domain. Age-standardised suicide rate, a core indicator of acute population distress.
Latest data
Latest reading
2024
Change between the two latest observations (2023 to 2024), in stress score.
A higher reading is treated as worse for this indicator.
Score composition
Stress score
Since the August 2026 release
What changed on this indicator between the two releases: method only.
Blended from two measured components: (2/3 weight) and trend (1/3 weight); where no trend can be computed the metric is scored on its level alone. Volatility is published as a diagnostic and does not enter the blend. Full formula on the methodology page.
Level · 2/3 weight
Percentile: this metric is scored against its own history, where today sits between its best and worst recorded years.
Trend · 1/3 weight
Measured from the direction and size of the change between the two most recent readings.
Volatility · diagnostic, not blended
36Measured from how much this indicator has swung period on period across its recorded history.
Data confidence and provenance
Confidence and source
How much weight to put on the reading, the mean data-confidence across the component metrics (source quality, recency and completeness).
Source
Suicides in England and Wales
- Update frequency
- Annual
- Reliability
- high
Provenance
- Provider
- Office for National Statistics
- Series ID
- ons_suicides
- Frequency
- Annual
- Accessed
- 14 June 2026
Known weakness
England and Wales; ONS publishes both occurrence-year and registration-year series (mixed in the latest point), and a 2018 coroner standard-of-proof change may have raised registered counts.
Notes
Verified official value from Office for National Statistics (ons_suicides), accessed 2026-06-14.
Historical values
History
| Period | Value | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 9.2 | |
| 2011 | 9.4 | |
| 2012 | 10.1 | |
| 2013 | 9.8 | |
| 2014 | 9.5 | |
| 2015 | 9.8 | |
| 2016 | 9.4 | |
| 2017 | 9.9 | |
| 2018 | 10.7 | |
| 2019 | 10.4 | |
| 2020 | 10.4 | |
| 2021 | 10.3 | |
| 2022 | 10.5 | |
| 2023 | 10.4 | |
| 2024 | 11.4 |