FOI Reference: FOI/2022/4285
You asked
Are you able to provide me with any data on Stop and search between 2017 to present?
Data I'm looking for is:
- All stop searches in West Mercia - so both positive and negative
- Date/time of stop search
- Age
- Ethnicity
- Location
- What section of PACE was used
- What drugs were seized?
- What was the outcome of the stop search - arrested/fixed penalty notice/referred to divert scheme
We said
Thank you for your request.
Unfortunately, we do not hold this data. Data on stop and searches are collected, held and published by the Home Office within their annual Police powers and procedures England and Wales statistics release. Alongside this release, they also publish data tables relating to stop and search, which include figures for West Mercia, type of search, age group and ethnicity.
If you have any questions regarding this data source, you can contact the Home Office. Their email address is: CrimeandPoliceStats@homeoffice.gov.uk.