Official Statistics
Near to real-time suspected suicide surveillance (nRTSSS) for England: data to October 2025
Reporting of deaths by suspected suicide, acting as an early warning system for indications of change in suicides to inform suicide prevention.
Applies to England
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The near to real-time suspected suicide surveillance (nRTSSS) data for England is classified as official statistics.
This publication includes:
- data that covers the most recent 25-month period
- data that covers the most recent quarter
- additional and revised data due to occasional delayed submission
The nRTSSS data presents rates of suspected suicides in England broken down by age group and sex. It also gives an overview of suspected suicide method. It is supplemented by:
- data tables to provide access to relevant data
- a methodology document to provide an overview of data quality assessment, inclusion criteria and statistical approaches used
The primary purpose of the nRTSSS is to provide suicide prevention planners with an early indication of changes in trends of suicide to inform and enable a more timely and targeted response.
These statistics are published quarterly in January, April, July and October.
Updates to this page
Published 29 January 2026