Research Report: Update to stop and search and arrests statistics using 2021 Census estimates

This release is a follow-up to the Police powers and procedures: Stop and search and arrests, England and Wales, year ending March 2022’ statistical bulletin published on 27 October 2022.

On 29 November 2022, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) published the Census 2021 population estimates broken down by ethnicity, and this release gives an update on the impact of these new estimates on stop and search and arrest rates.

While the original release of Police powers and procedures: Stop and search and arrests, England and Wales, year ending March 2022’covers information such as long-term trends in the volume of stop and search and arrests and the reasons why those powers were used, this bulletin focuses on the ethnicity of persons stopped and searched and arrested, including updated rates of stop and search and arrest of people within each ethnic group, using the updated Census 2021 population estimates.