FOI 11714-25 Contacts logged as mental health

Response:

Incidents searched to identify how many calls the police force received years 2014-2024. NICL qualifier Mental Health used.

2014 = 5761
2015 = 6060
2016 = 6458
2017 = 6599
2018 = 6385
2019 = 8124
2020 = 12998
2021 = 10563
2022 = 10319
2023 = 9339
2024 = 8264

Northamptonshire Police records ‘Incidents’ from requests from members of the public requiring police assistance. These requests for assistance may be made via 101/999 or online submissions via the Northamptonshire Police website.

The incident system does not record age and gender.

The numerical data presented in this response is an un-audited snapshot of un-published data sourced from "live" systems and is subject to the interpretation of the original request by the individual extracting the data.

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The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of relevance of data to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be taken into account when the data is used.

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