Stop & SearchStop & search · England & Wales ·
Every stop and search in England and Wales, yours to examine.
Who was stopped, under which power, and what happened next - searches pulled into one place, read against who lives in each area, and handed to the communities it describes.
Why this exists
The data is public. Making sense of it isn't.
Every force publishes every recorded search. Finding your area inside a million rows, joining population data and spatial boundaries, is a different job entirely.
A count on its own settles nothing.
Raw totals tell you how often, not whether it was fair. Every figure here is compared against who actually lives in the area.
Communities know their places best.
We have built this tool and analysis so that the people affected by stop and search can interrogate how the power is applied and put the data to use.
Two ways in
Same data, different pace.
Your Area's Story
A guided walk through the numbers for your area. Charts build as you read.
At a Glance
The whole picture on one screen: stop rates, disproportionality, the powers used and what happened after. Filter it, compare areas, take the numbers away with you.
Bespoke work
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National open data only answers national questions. We work with community organisations, funders and public bodies on the rest — local data, your questions, analysed alongside the people they describe.
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