Stop and search arrest rate England and Wales by police force 2023

Almost a third of stop and searches performed by the City of London Police resulted in an arrest during the 2022/23 reporting year, the highest among police forces in England and Wales. By comparison the Metropolitan Police, responsible for policing a much larger area of Greater London, made 14 arrests for every 100 searches performed.

Percentage of stop and searches performed by the police that resulted in an arrest in England and Wales in 2022/23, by police force area

Characteristic	Percentage of stop and searches that resulted in an arrest
City of London	30%
Suffolk	21%
Sussex	21%
Durham	19%
Warwickshire	19%
West Mercia	19%
Gloucestershire	19%
Hertfordshire	19%
Cambridgeshire	19%
North Yorkshire	19%
Dyfed-Powys	18%
Devon and Cornwall	18%
West Yorkshire	18%
Staffordshire	18%
Norfolk	18%
Northumbria	17%
South Wales	17%
Wiltshire	17%
Kent	17%
Cumbria	16%
Nottinghamshire	15%
Cheshire	15%
Leicestershire	15%
Greater Manchester	14%
Surrey	14%
West Midlands	14%
Metropolitan Police	14%
Avon and Somerset	13%
Gwent	13%
Cleveland	13%
Bedfordshire	13%
Dorset	12%
Essex	12%
Humberside	11%
South Yorkshire	11%
North Wales	11%
Derbyshire	10%
Lancashire	10%
Hampshire	10%
Northamptonshire	9%
Thames Valley	9%
Lincolnshire	8%
British Transport Police	8%
Merseyside	7%

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Release date

November 2023

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Region

United Kingdom (England, Wales)

Survey time period

April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023

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This statistic is using original data from the Government Digital Service and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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