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Number of police stop and searches in England and Wales 2001-2021

Published by D. Clark, Jan 12, 2022
Police in England and Wales performed 715,987 stop and searches in 2020/21, the highest number of stop and searches since 2013/14, when there were 904,038. Between 2008/09 and 2017/18 the amount of stop and searches had been decreasing, but have increased in every subsequent year.

Number of stop and searches performed by the police in England and Wales from 2001/02 to 2020/21

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Release date

November 2021

Region

United Kingdom (England, Wales)

Survey time period

April 1, 2001 to March 31, 2021

Supplementary notes

*Does not include Greater Manchester Police (GMP)

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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