Claim: The suicide rate is going up.
Fact-check: The suicide rate may not have been rising in recent years - Full Fact
Verdict: the rate of suicide registrations in england and wales has risen since 2007. but data for the last few years shows a mixed picture, with the rate of suicide occurrences broadly flat. recent data is also complicated by the pandemic and a change to the way suicide is recorded.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Leo Benedictus
Date published: 2023-05-23T00:00:00