Incidents involving mental health issues recorded from 2017 to 2022

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.23.028495

I note you seek access to the following information:

Could you please provide the following information outlined below, answering for your police department.

Could you please provide answers to the questions below for the years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 —

DATA QUESTIONS -
1a. How many incidents were recorded, each year?

1b. How many of these incidents were tagged as involving mental health, each year?

2a. How many crimes were recorded, each year?

2b. How many of these crimes were tagged as involving an element of mental health, each year?

CLARIFICATION QUESTION - 
3a. If possible, please let us know what is included in the term (or meant by the term) ‘incidents’?

3b. Does ‘incidents’ include both crimes and non-crimes?

Last year I submitted a a similar FOI, but this FOI’s wording has been revised to better suit our report.

If this FOI is going to exceed the statutory time limit, please only answer Questions 1 and 2.

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

Please refer to the notes page of the attached excel sheet for the answer to question 3.