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Unequal detention rates under England’s Mental Health Act
Black people detained at 228 per 100,000 vs 64 for white people (year to March 2023), 3.5x; 3.8x in 2024/25; CTOs 7x; ~52,500 detentions in 2023/24; those in the most deprived decile 3.7x more likely
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What the record says
Worldwide register by region (Batch 2) · Batch 2
- Country / period
- England, 2022/23–2024/25
- Mechanism
- Detention under Mental Health Act 1983; police holding powers; Community Treatment Orders
- What is documented
- Black people detained at 228 per 100,000 vs 64 for white people (year to March 2023), 3.5x; 3.8x in 2024/25; CTOs 7x; \~52,500 detentions in 2023/24; those in the most deprived decile 3.7x more likely
- Finding or status
- OFFICIAL DATA (gov.uk Ethnicity facts and figures; Mental Health Bill 2025 fact sheet; Parliament deposited evidence summary 2025)
- Contrary evidence / limits
- Disparity, not retaliation; NHS says data undercount; drivers contested (access, deprivation, bias)
- Label
- VERIFIED
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Reference and provenance
2023-UK-MHA-ETHNICITY