Suspected suicides by ethnicity 931/2025

FOI Reference: 931/2025

Request

1. Can I have a copy of the ethnicity data set used by the force to record suspected suicides?
2. Also, are you aware of the Real Time Suicide Surveillance System used by many Police Forces in collaboration with local public health teams?

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below:-

Response Q1

White – English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British

White – Irish

White – Gypsy or Irish Traveller

White – Roma

White – Other White Background (add to free-text)

Mixed – White and Black Caribbean

Mixed – White and Black African

Mixed – White and Asian

Mixed – Other Mixed Background (add to free-text)

Asian/Asian British – English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British

Asian/Asian British – Indian

Asian/Asian British – Pakistani

Asian/Asian British – Bangladeshi

Asian/Asian British – Chinese

Asian/Asian British – Other Asian Background(add to free-text)

Black/African/Caribbean/Black British – English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British

Black/Black British – African

Black/Black British – Caribbean

Black/Black British – Any other Black/African/Caribbean background(add to free-text)

Other ethnic group – Arab

Other ethnic group – Any other ethnic group (add to free-text)

Prefer not to say

Response Q2

Yes, Dyfed-Powys Police submit the data on a monthly basis to Public Health Wales.

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 18/09/2025)