Suicide by stabbing
Government statistics show that stabbing oneself to death is a rare suicide method.
In 2015, only ​137 out of 5210​ suicides in England and Wales were carried out with a knife or other sharp
object - making up only ​2.6%​ of all reported suicides. This figure includes not only stabbings but also slashed
wrists and cuttings.
The overall figure BuzzFeed has collated is sourced from official government statistics and can be found
through the following website:
https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/construct/summary.asp?mode=construct&version=0&dataset=161
There are no official statistics for the UK on suicide by multiple knife wounds, but ​research​ indicates that those
are much less common than suicide by a single wound.