Deaths during or following police contact, England and Wales
Deaths during or following police contact in England and Wales each financial year since 2004/05, in each of the Independent Office for Police Conduct's five categories: road traffic, fatal shootings, deaths in or following custody, apparent suicides following custody and other deaths following contact.
Deaths in or following police custody, England and Wales
27
2025/26
Verified against source, 1 November 2026, 20:00 UTC- Road traffic fatalities
- Fatal shootings
- Deaths in or following police custody
- Apparent suicides following police custody
- Other deaths following police contact
Source: Independent Office for Police Conduct. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data table
22 periods, newest first
| Period | Road traffic fatalities | Fatal shootings | Deaths in or following police custody | Apparent suicides following police custody | Other deaths following police contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 15 | 4 | 27 | 67 | 63 |
| 2024/25 | 26 | 2 | 18 | 61 | 53 |
| 2023/24 | 32 | 2 | 25 | 68 | 63 |
| 2022/23 | 28 | 3 | 23 | 54 | 92 |
| 2021/22 | 42 | 2 | 12 | 57 | 113 |
| 2020/21 | 25 | 1 | 19 | 55 | 97 |
| 2019/20 | 24 | 3 | 18 | 54 | 107 |
| 2018/19 | 42 | 3 | 17 | 63 | 156 |
| 2017/18 | 29 | 4 | 23 | 57 | 178 |
| 2016/17 | 32 | 6 | 14 | 56 | 131 |
| 2015/16 | 21 | 3 | 14 | 61 | 106 |
| 2014/15 | 14 | 1 | 18 | 71 | 43 |
| 2013/14 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 70 | 44 |
| 2012/13 | 31 | 0 | 15 | 65 | 22 |
| 2011/12 | 19 | 2 | 15 | 39 | 47 |
| 2010/11 | 26 | 2 | 21 | 46 | 57 |
| 2009/10 | 29 | 2 | 17 | 54 | 39 |
| 2008/09 | 40 | 3 | 15 | 56 | 35 |
| 2007/08 | 24 | 5 | 22 | 45 | 31 |
| 2006/07 | 36 | 1 | 27 | 47 | 22 |
| 2005/06 | 48 | 5 | 28 | 40 | 40 |
| 2004/05 | 44 | 3 | 36 | 46 | 24 |
Source and licence
- Publisher
- Independent Office for Police Conduct
- Check it yourself
- https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/our-work/research-and-statistics/annual-deaths-statistics
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Retrieved
- 1 November 2026, 20:00 UTC
- Raw files fetched
- https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/our-work/research-and-statistics/annual-deaths-statisticsSHA-256 70b1d5834041f0b72fb6e10dab6252985d00586f80c41541d12b5c8ea248ace5 · 37,813 bytes
- https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/publications/annual-deaths-during-or-following-police-contact-report-202526SHA-256 8e442a732b950dc387df0bf589836422f477e647bcd77e5a8626bb273cefd5cc · 46,593 bytes
- https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/Time_series_tables_2025_26_FINAL.odsSHA-256 ca081d8f76e24295fcdfdf4c53ff2097d3211b272d48b1ea043c3bead3a30217 · 140,499 bytes
- https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/Tables_deaths_report_2025_26_FINAL.odsSHA-256 cc9f4876dc56a1e427efc86b828a5a7c75c2d8dbca49a337fee2fbf709e8b967 · 23,622 bytes
Verification
Verified against source, 1 November 2026, 20:00 UTC Run at 1 November 2026, 20:00 UTC; 110 of 110 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | Independent Office for Police Conduct; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-01T20:00:32Z; 4 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 4 of 4 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 110 of 110 figures and the headline reproduced |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 110 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 110 of 110 figures match exactly after downloading 4 source file(s) again (2 byte-identical); the headline matches |
| Pass | IOPC figures are current | the newest year, 2025/26, ended 215 days before retrieval (limit 520) |
| Pass | Each category's table by year agrees | 110 of 110 figures match Tables 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1 and 5.1 of the time series |
| Pass | Table 2.2 of the data tables agrees | 55 of 55 figures match Table 2.2 of the data tables |
| Pass | Each table's years add up to its Total | 10 of 10 tables add up |
| Pass | Source page answers | https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/our-work/research-and-statistics/annual-deaths-statistics – HTTP 200 |
Notes
- Accredited official statistics: the deaths the IOPC investigated or that were referred to it, from 1 April to 31 March, each in one of its five categories by the IOPC's own definitions. A single incident can cause more than one death; the hub shows the deaths.
- The IOPC gives each force's figures too, but names forces without codes and places a case two forces share differently in its two files, so the hub shows England and Wales alone.
- If this subject affects you, Samaritans are there day or night, free on 116 123.
- The IOPC marks as revised in this edition: road traffic fatalities in 2021/22, deaths in or following police custody in 2021/22 and 2024/25, apparent suicides following police custody in 2024/25 and other deaths following police contact in 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25.
- Other deaths following police contact, 2010/11: Change in definition in 2010/11 to include only cases subject to an independent investigation.
- Other deaths following police contact, 2015/16: Expansion of IOPC investigative resource and capacity to carry out more independent investigations into serious and sensitive matters - this has a direct impact on the number of 'other contact deaths' that are reported.