Police Custody: Death
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deaths in police custody there have been in the last five years.
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson
Data on deaths in police custody for England and Wales is produced by the Independent Office for Police Complaints in its annual report: Annual deaths during or following police contact report - 2023/24 | Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC)
There have been 95 deaths in police custody in England and Wales for the period 2019 – 2024 as follows;
Year | 19/20 | 20/21 | 21/22 | 22/23 | 23/24 |
Deaths | 18 | 19 | 11 | 23 | 24 |
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