The West Midlands dashboard includes data on:
- Regional suicide rates in England
- Suicide rate for the West Midlands region over time
- Local authority suicide rates
- Regional levels of wellbeing
- Prevalence of mental health disorders
- Levels of deprivation
We hope that this data will support national and regional suicide prevention leads to understand the baseline position for their area and develop targeted improvement plans to help prevent people dying by suicide.
This dashboard includes key data relating to suicide, prevalence of mental illness and risk factors for the West Midlands region. To better view the data and access further information included, click on the arrows at the bottom right of the boxes containing the charts and tables.
Our charts have been developed to include a drop down function, which can allow users to access data which has been recently released and data from previous years.
You can hover over the chart and table data to see more information e.g. the value for the region, local authority, clinical commissioning group or time period and, where appropriate, our risk rating for the area based on the methodology developed in partnership with the Mental Health Foundation in 2020.
Please note that the dashboards are not accessible on Internet Explorer so users are recommended to use an internet platform such as Chrome (all devices), Edge (all devices) or Safari (iPhone and iPads).
Regional suicide rates
2021-23
Suicide rates over time
2001-23
Data not found
Local authority suicide rates
2021-23
Regional wellbeing scores
2023
Data not found
Local authority life satisfaction scores
2023
ICB/CCG prevalence of mental health disorders
2023-24
Regional prevalence of mental health disorders in children and young adults
2020
Local authority deprivation scores
2019
10.7
The West Midlands has the fifth lowest regional suicide rate in England, with 10.7 suicides per 100,000 persons.
Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent has the highest suicide rate in the North East, with 16.0 suicides per 100,000 persons.
20.5%
20.5% of children and young people in the West Midlands have one or more mental disorders.
Raising awareness of regional suicide rates is important as enables you as leaders to understand the mental health crisis challenges your community faces. This data also forms a starting point for action and can be used to monitor the broader impacts of intervention work to prevent people dying by suicide.
Even though each community is different and will require overcoming different hurdles to help prevent suicide, comparisons to other regions within England encourages shared learning.
Other work we do helps facilitate this, including learning about examples of best practice and effective interventions in mental health care and suicide prevention work. You can also learn about community initiatives and how to introduce innovation at the system level to make positive and meaningful changes.
Even small changes can improve a person’s mental health and wellbeing and reduce their risk of suicide.
- Explore our suicide data map - draw insights from our map of England to gain a more in-depth picture of the health, social and service related factors that may contribute to people dying by suicide in your community.
- Develop your understanding - read more of the evidence behind how these factors increase a person's risk of suicide.
- Find a resource and learn from others - visit our news and updates page to find innovative resources to help you take action and learn about how change can be achieved.
