FOI Suspects Charged With Suicide Marker (0718-2022/23)

Request

Q1. I would like you to provide, the number of arrest records held in your system, with an outcome of “charge”, with a warning marker of “suicidal” or “attempted suicide” whereby the detention type was not related to the Mental Health Act?

Q2. Could you also provide the number of arrest records held in your system with an outcome of charge with a warning marker of “suicidal” where the offence codes charged with are specific to:

a: COML032 - Cause a public nuisance
b: HY80020 - Wilful obstruction of a highway (however this relates to both highways and railways), perhaps OF61086 - Throw stone / wood / thing at train with intent to endanger may fit your criteria.

c: Public Order Act – code unknown.

Response

Extent and Result of Searches to Locate Information

To locate the information relevant to your request searches were conducted within North Yorkshire Police. I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by North Yorkshire Police.

Decision

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

Q1. The number of arrest records with an outcome of “charge”, with a warning marker of “suicidal” or “attempted suicide” whereby the detention type was not related to the Mental Health Act from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2021 is 2062.

Q2. Please see the table below which shows the number of arrest records with an outcome of charge with a warning marker of “suicidal” from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2021, broken down by the requested offence codes.

Offence Title	Number
Cause a public nuisance	12
Wilful obstruction of a highway	2
Affray / Public Order	261
Total	275

Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data.  It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.