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Registered suicide deaths in 2020 in England and Wales. 

These may include some deaths that occurred in earlier years. Although this shows a fall in the suicide rate in 2020, this is likely to be driven, in part, by delays in registration of deaths due to the pandemic.

The first national suicide rates for England and Wales in the early months of the pandemic (between April and July 2020).

These data are based on deaths registered following a coroner’s inquest. They show no rise in suicide rates between April and July 2020.

Read the full report on the ONS website.