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Stop and Search

Asked by Sarah PochinReform UKHome OfficeTabled Answered 19 November 2025UIN 90054

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times police forces in England and Wales have used stop-and-search powers in each of the last five years.

Answered by Sarah Jones

The Home Office collects and publishes data on the number of stop and searches undertaken by the 43 territorial police forces in England and Wales and the British Transport Police, on a financial year basis. The latest data are available here: Stop and search, arrests, and mental health detentions, March 2025 - GOV.UK

Table 1 below shows how many stop and searches were undertaken by police forces in England and Wales in each of the last five complete financial years

Table 1 – stop and searches in England and Wales, 2020/21 to 2024/25

Financial year

Number of stop and searches

2020/21

714,914

2021/22

530,970

2022/23

547,000

2023/24

536,217

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