Mental health call outs

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/25/007766/I

Version Date: 09/06/2025

The Performance & Analysis Department the Alliance Finance Department and the Mental Health & Suicide Prevention Lead have provided the following information.

Data Processing:

Crimes recorded on crime information system – NICHE

Qliksense Report: Incidents

Filtered by created date: April 1st 2019 to December 31st 2024

Closing Categories: "mental"

Secondary search

Mental Health Flag: Yes

Datasets combined, duplicates removed

Qliksense Report: Detainee Management

Filtered by arrest date: January 1st 2019 to December 31st 2024

Arrest data tab

Arrest Offence: MENTAL HEALTH ACT

Qliksense Report: Detainee Management

Filtered by detention date: January 1st 2019 to December 31st 2024

Detention data tab

S136 MHA Reason Detention: Yes

Data sets compared, duplicates only counted once.                                                    

Data Limitations

Please note that incident data is only available from 1^st April 2019.

1) Number of mental health related police call outs each year since, and including, 2019.

The following data is the number of incidents recorded that relate to mental health.

2) Number of people detained by police on mental health grounds each year since, and including, 2019.

Based on the number of people detained under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act, there have been 478 detentions since October 2024 (which is when our records began).

On the matter of 135 detentions under the mental health act, following Home Office guidance, we have started recording this information this year.

3) What's the police budget for mental health cases each financial year since, and including, 2019.

No information held. There is no specific budget for mental health cases.

4) Of the people detained in a cell how many were mental health cases each year since, and including, 2019.

Please see answer to question 2.