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Stop and searches

Stop and searches: Year ending March 2002 to Year ending March 2025LabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour0500k1m1.5m20052010201520202025Before: Excludes British Transport Police. After: Includes British Transport Police, from 2009/10.coverage changeYear ending March 2002: 770,100 searches · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2003: 971,800 searches · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2004: 823,600 searches · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2005: 940,100 searches · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2006: 974,998 searches · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2007: 1,050,438 searches · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2008: 1,233,208 searches · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2009: 1,519,561 searches · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2010: 1,405,985 searches · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2011: 1,303,540 searches · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2012: 1,189,882 searches · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2013: 1,017,542 searches · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2014: 904,038 searches · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2015: 541,144 searches · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2016: 383,595 searches · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2017: 304,132 searches · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2018: 282,380 searches · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2019: 385,154 searches · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2020: 586,645 searches · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2021: 714,914 searches · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2022: 530,970 searches · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2023: 547,000 searches · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2024: 536,217 searches · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2025: 528,582 searches · published 6 November 2025
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Source: Home Office, Police powers and procedures: stop and search, Year ending March 2025 (published 6 November 2025). Data presentation: Civometry.

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