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Home Office · Year ending March 2002 to Year ending March 2025 · percent

Stop and search arrest rate

Stop and search arrest rate: Year ending March 2002 to Year ending March 2025LabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour0%5%10%15%20052010201520202025Year ending March 2002: 12.9% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2003: 12.1% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2004: 11.8% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2005: 10.4% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2006: 10.2% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2007: 10.8% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2008: 10% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2009: 7.8% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2010: 7.9% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2011: 8.9% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2012: 9.2% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2013: 10.4% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2014: 12% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2015: 13.8% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2016: 15.7% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2017: 17.1% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2018: 17.1% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2019: 15.3% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2020: 12.8% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2021: 11.4% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2022: 12.6% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2023: 13.6% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2024: 14.2% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2025: 14.9% percent · 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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