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Stop and searches by self-defined ethnicity
Stop and searches in England and Wales in the year ending March split by the self-defined ethnicity of the person searched, with vehicle-only searches and searches where ethnicity was not stated shown separately.
latest 12 months to Year ending March 2025; 1 periods summed · total 528,582 searches · published 6 November 2025
| Self-defined ethnicity | Latest 12 months | Share | Previous 12 months | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | 287,307 | 54.4% | 292,396 | ▼ 1.7% |
| Not stated / Unknown | 94,035 | 17.8% | 100,568 | ▼ 6.5% |
| Black (or Black British) | 53,949 | 10.2% | 53,832 | ▲ 0.2% |
| Asian (or Asian British) | 45,302 | 8.6% | 44,387 | ▲ 2.1% |
| Vehicle only search | 18,617 | 3.5% | 17,423 | ▲ 6.9% |
| Mixed | 18,280 | 3.5% | 17,295 | ▲ 5.7% |
| Other Ethnic Group | 11,092 | 2.1% | 10,316 | ▲ 7.5% |
Source
- Dataset
- Police powers and procedures: stop and search · sheet SS_23
- Rows
- 2024/25; values are the sum of the published rows for each self-defined ethnicity and period.
- Caveat
- Rates per head of population, which the Home Office publishes separately using census populations, or officer-defined ethnicity.
- Parent metric
- Stop and searches
- API
- /api/metrics/stop_search_by_ethnicity/vintages