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Police PACE stop and searches in England and Wales 2002-2018
Police stop and searches in England and Wales under section 1 of PACE* from 2002/03 to 2017/18
by Daniel Clark,
last edited
Nov 29, 2018
This statistic shows the amount of stop and searches carried out by the police in England and Wales under section 1 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) from fiscal year 2002/03 to fiscal year 2017/18. Searches peaked in this period in 2008/09 when the number carried out exceeded 1.5 million. Throughout this period the amount of stop and searches has been decreasing and in 2017/18 it amounted to only 282,248.
Police stop and searches in England and Wales under section 1 of PACE* from 2002/03 to 2017/18
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| Police stop and searches | |
|---|---|
| '17-'18 | 282,248 |
| '16-'17 | 304,132 |
| '15-'16 | 383,595 |
| '14-'15 | 541,144 |
| '13-'14 | 904,038 |
| '12-'13 | 1,017,542 |
| '11-'12 | 1,189,882 |
| '10-'11 | 1,303,540 |
| '09-'10 | 1,405,985 |
| '08-'09 | 1,519,561 |
| '07-'08 | 1,233,208 |
| '06-'07 | 1,050,438 |
| '05-'06 | 974,998 |
| '04-'05 | 940,118 |
| '03-'04 | 823,678 |
| '02-'03 | 971,735 |
| Police stop and searches | |
|---|---|
| '17-'18 | 282,248 |
| '16-'17 | 304,132 |
| '15-'16 | 383,595 |
| '14-'15 | 541,144 |
| '13-'14 | 904,038 |
| '12-'13 | 1,017,542 |
| '11-'12 | 1,189,882 |
| '10-'11 | 1,303,540 |
| '09-'10 | 1,405,985 |
| '08-'09 | 1,519,561 |
| '07-'08 | 1,233,208 |
| '06-'07 | 1,050,438 |
| '05-'06 | 974,998 |
| '04-'05 | 940,118 |
| '03-'04 | 823,678 |
| '02-'03 | 971,735 |
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by Daniel Clark,
last edited
Nov 29, 2018
This statistic shows the amount of stop and searches carried out by the police in England and Wales under section 1 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) from fiscal year 2002/03 to fiscal year 2017/18. Searches peaked in this period in 2008/09 when the number carried out exceeded 1.5 million. Throughout this period the amount of stop and searches has been decreasing and in 2017/18 it amounted to only 282,248.
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* PACE= Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984. The section 1 legislation "gives police the power to search persons and/or vehicles for a range of items including stolen property, offensive weapons, controlled drugs or evidence that a person is a terrorist."
Data from 2009/10 onwards includes the British Transport Police (BTP). BTP did not provide data to the Home Office prior to 2009/10, therefore data from before this period are not directly comparable with more recent years.
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* PACE= Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984. The section 1 legislation "gives police the power to search persons and/or vehicles for a range of items including stolen property, offensive weapons, controlled drugs or evidence that a person is a terrorist."
Data from 2009/10 onwards includes the British Transport Police (BTP). BTP did not provide data to the Home Office prior to 2009/10, therefore data from before this period are not directly comparable with more recent years.
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