Out of 356 deaths by suspected suicide, 263 (74%) of people were previously known to police at any point in their lives prior to their death. There is no indication of the time between being known to police and death by suspected suicide. The most common reason for being known to the police was from being suspected/convicted of a crime (146 out of 356, 41%).
From these data you cannot conclude what the risk of suicide was in someone who was suspected/convicted of a crime, was a victim or witness of a crime, or was a vulnerable person, as denominator data were not available.
Figure 10. Deaths by suspected suicide, by reasons previously known to police*, all persons, all ages, count, Welsh residents, 2022/23
Produced by Public Health Wales Observatory, using RTSSS data
*Some may be counted in more than one category