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Stop and search by ethnicity

Publisher
Race Equality Unit (REU)
Updated
6 August 2025
Topic
Crime and justice

Summary

The data shows:

  • the number of stop and searches for different ethnic groups in England and Wales
  • how many stop and searches there were for every 1,000 people in each ethnic group (the ‘rate’) Data is shown by:
  • ethnicity
  • ethnicity over time
  • ethnicity and police force area
  • ethnicity and type of legislation Data comes from stop and search and arrests statistics (Home Office) and is published on 'Ethnicity facts and figures'.

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Supporting documents

Link Format Last updated
Stop and search by ethnicity WEBPAGE 6/8/2025

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