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Stop and Search

Answer

Data on stop and search procedures performed by ethnic appearance in each of the last five years can be found in table 1.Data on stop and search procedures performed (a) by Leicestershire police, (b) by officers of police authorities in the East Midlands and (c) in England in each of the last five years can be found in table 2.The stop and searches collection held by the Home Office does not breakdown stop and search procedures by age group.

Table 1: Stop and search procedures performed, under sections 1, 60, 44(1) and 44(2), by ethnic appearance
2007-08
Main	Searches of persons under section 1—general	Searches of persons in anticipation of violence under section 60	Searches of vehicles and occupants under section 44(1)	Searches of persons in order to prevent acts of terrorism under section 44(2)	Total
White	738,505	35,973	42,006	31,961	848,445
Black	172,393	11,837	8,753	6,465	199,448
Asian	89,781	4,125	10,878	9,890	114,674
Other	17,755	433	2,773	3,154	24,115
Not Recorded	17,004	757	807	591	19,159
Vehicle Only Searched	10,485	125	7,409	—	18,019
Total	1,045,923	53,250	72,626	52,061	1,223,860

2006-07
Main	Searches of persons under section 1—general	Searches of persons in anticipation of violence under section 60	Searches of vehicles and occupants under section 44(1)	Searches of persons in order to prevent acts of terrorism under section 44(2)	Total
White	690,643	25,520	16,878	9,695	742,736
Black	152,120	13,219	2,412	1,230	168,981
Asian	77,421	4,522	3,127	2,438	87,508
Other	14,755	618	756	909	17,038
Not Recorded	20,174	780	312	206	21,472
Vehicle Only Searched	7,784	48	4,871	—	12,703
Total	962,897	44,707	28,356	14,478	1,050,438

2005-06
Main	Searches of persons under section 1—general	Searches of persons in anticipation of violence under section 60	Searches of vehicles and occupants under section 44(1)	Searches of persons in order to prevent acts of terrorism under section 44(2)	Total
White	629,624	22,702	19,187	11,650	683,163
Black	133,769	7,199	2,046	2,110	145,124
Asian	68,173	4,856	2,809	3,994	79,832
Other	13,967	594	944	994	16,499
Not Recorded	32,620	897	493	316	34,326
Vehicle Only Searched	10,522	28	5,504	—	16,054
Total	888,675	36,276	30,983	19,064	974,998

2004-05
Main	Searches of persons under section 1—general¹	Searches of persons in anticipation of violence under section 60	Searches of vehicles and occupants under section 44(1)	Searches of persons in order to prevent acts of terrorism under section 44(2)	Total
White	16,383	23,405	17,337	7,456	64,581
Black	180	9,926	2,113	631	12,850
Asian	96	6,858	2,659	1,047	10,660
Other	295	810	842	587	2,534
Not Recorded	4,047	576	402	146	5,171
Vehicle Only Searched	95	36	3,793	—	3,924
Total	861,494	41,611	27,146	9,867	940,118

2003-04
Main	Searches of persons under section 1—general	Searches of persons in anticipation of violence under section 60	Searches of vehicles and occupants under section 44(1)	Searches of persons in order to prevent acts of terrorism under section 44(2)	Total
White	547,369	23,868	14,806	5,840	591,883
Black	108,208	9,385	2,146	558	120,297
Asian	53.794	5,627	2,571	1,097	63,089
Other	10,796	688	904	418	12,806
Not Recorded	16,552	625	867	209	18,253
Vehicle Only Searched	12,725	243	4,396	10	17,374
Total	749,444	40,436	25,690	8,132	74,258
'— 'Data not broken down by vehicle only search
¹ Data for searches of person under section 1—general has been estimated

Table 2: Stop and search procedures performed in Leicestershire, East Midlands and England, under sections 1, 60, 44(1) and 44(2)
2007-08
Police force area	Searches of persons under section 1—general	Searches of persons in anticipation of violence under section 60	Searches of vehicles and occupants under section 44(1)	Searches of persons in order to prevent acts of terrorism under section 44(2)	Total
Leicestershire	24,181	837	4	5	25,027
East Midlands Region	64,905	1,522	8	5	66,440
England	1,004,004	52,592	59,697	51,630	1,177,923

2006-07
Police force area	Searches of persons under section 1—general	Searches of persons in anticipation of violence under section 60	Searches of vehicles and occupants under section 44(1)	Searches of persons in order to prevent acts of terrorism under section 44(2)	Total
Leicestershire	21,849	744	—	2	22,595
East Midlands Region	61,508	2,339	5	4	63,856
England	919,816	44,458	24,878	12,701	1,001,853

2005-06
Police force area	Searches of persons under section 1—general	Searches of persons in anticipation of violence under section 60	Searches of vehicles and occupants under section 44(1)	Searches of persons in order to prevent acts of terrorism under section 44(2)	Total
Leicestershire	17,923	1,039	1	27	18,990
East Midlands Region	52,904	2,317	11	223	55,455
England	848,400	35,596	28,861	18,781	931,638

2004-05
Police force area	Searches of persons under section 1—general	Searches of persons in anticipation of violence under section 60	Searches of vehicles and occupants under section 44(1)	Searches of persons in order to prevent acts of terrorism under section 44(2)	Total
Leicestershire	15,350	583	0	0	15,933
East Midlands Region	44,958	1,266	0	0	46,224
England	811,300	40,783	23,731	10,209	886,023

2003-04
Police force area	Searches of persons under section 1—general	Searches of persons in anticipation of violence under section 60	Searches of vehicles and occupants under section 44(1)	Searches of persons in order to prevent acts of terrorism under section 44(2)	Total
Leicestershire	12,523	1,005	7	2	13,537
East Midlands Region	38,585	1,384	7	2	39,978
England	710,826	40,409	25,118	7,501	783,854

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

508 c1284-8W; 323487

Session

2009-10

Subjects

Stop and search

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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