— (1) Detention rates in 2022/23 by ethnic group, from lowest to highest, were: Chinese (52 for every 100,000 people), Indian (55), white British (63). white (64), mixed white and Asian (69), white Irish (69), Pakistani (70), Asian (75), Bangladeshi (78), white other (86), mixed white and black Caribbean (102), other (107), Asian other (117), mixed white and black African (139), black African (158), mixed (158), other ethnic groups (171), black Caribbean (223), black (228), mixed other (288), black other (715). Detention rates for the five 'other' categories may be overrepresented (and the non-'other' categories therefore underrepresented). Rates have been standardised for age. (2) Detention rates were significantly lower than the previous year (3,087 per 100,000 rather than 4,529) which is partly explained by the increase in population estimates based on the 2011 and 2021 censuses.
Full details available at: https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/NHS_Digital,_%27Ethnicity_facts_and_figures:_Detentions_under_the_Mental_Health_Act%27_(16_August_2024)?id=131025-1912