We collate and report statistics on the number of persons stopped, searched, questioned and arrested under each of 5 legislative powers (PACE, Misuse of Drugs Act, Firearms Order, Terrorism Act and Justice and Security Act).
Stop and Search Statistics - quarterly update to 31 December 2023 (published 14 February 2024)
- Stop and Search Report - 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023 (PDF, 1.3 MB)
- Accompanying Excel spreadsheet (101 KB)
- Accompanying Open Document spreadsheet (63 KB)
Stop and Search documentation
Modelling 2011 Census Religion Composition onto Stop and Search postcode data
The following paper, prepared at the request of the Independent Reviewer of the Justice and Security Act, models 2011 Census Small Area religious composition onto postcodes extracted from Justice and Security Act stop & search data from August 2020 to July 2021.
Results of modelling exercise (PDF, 1.1 MB)
Stop and Search User Guide
Stop and Search User Guide (PDF, 606 KB)
Stop and Search Statistics - Previous Financial Year Reports
- Stop and Search Report - 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 (PDF, 1.3 MB)
- Stop and Search report infographic (PDF, 884 KB)
- Stop and Search Report - 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 (PDF, 1.3 MB)
- Stop and Search report infographic (PDF, 884 KB)
- Stop and Search Report - 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021 (PDF, 1.3 MB)
- Stop and Search report infographic (PDF, 884 KB)
- Stop and Search Report - 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020 (PDF, 1 MB)
- Stop and Search report infographic (PDF, 599 KB)
Accompanying Spreadsheet - Previous Financial Year Reports
- 2022/23 accompanying Excel spreadsheet - 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 (101 KB)
- 2022/23 accompanying open document spreadsheet - 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 (63 KB)
- 2021/22 accompanying Excel spreadsheet - 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 (99 KB)
- 2021/22 accompanying open document spreadsheet - 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 (63 KB)
- 2020/21 accompanying Excel spreadsheet - 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021 (99 KB)
- 2020/21 accompanying open document spreadsheet - 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021 (63 KB)
- 2019/20 accompanying Excel spreadsheet - 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020 (89 KB)
- 2019/20 accompanying open document spreadsheet - 1 April 2019 - 31 March 2020 (56 KB)
Our statistical practice is regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR).