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 2018/19. 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 2018/19 it amounted to only 383,629.
Police stop and searches in England and Wales under section 1 of PACE* from 2002/03 to 2018/19
* 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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GOV.UK. (October 24, 2019). Police stop and searches in England and Wales under section 1 of PACE* from 2002/03 to 2018/19 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 22, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/284599/police-pace-stop-and-searches-in-england-and-wales/
GOV.UK. "Police stop and searches in England and Wales under section 1 of PACE* from 2002/03 to 2018/19." Chart. October 24, 2019. Statista. Accessed February 22, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/284599/police-pace-stop-and-searches-in-england-and-wales/
GOV.UK. (2019). Police stop and searches in England and Wales under section 1 of PACE* from 2002/03 to 2018/19. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 22, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/284599/police-pace-stop-and-searches-in-england-and-wales/
GOV.UK. "Police Stop and Searches in England and Wales under Section 1 of Pace* from 2002/03 to 2018/19." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Oct 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/284599/police-pace-stop-and-searches-in-england-and-wales/
GOV.UK, Police stop and searches in England and Wales under section 1 of PACE* from 2002/03 to 2018/19 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/284599/police-pace-stop-and-searches-in-england-and-wales/ (last visited February 22, 2020)
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