Searches

Arrests

Police force area

White

Black

Asian

Black

to
White

Asian

to
White

White

Black

Asian

Black to White

Asian to White

Searches
per

1000

Searches
per

1000

Searches
per

1000

Search
Ratio

Search ratio

Arrests per 1000

Arrests per 1000

Arrests per 1000

Arrest ratio

Arrest ratio

Avon and Somerset

7.45

38.47

10.45

5.16

1.40

28.10

191.58

44.96

6.82

1.60

Bedfordshire

6.93

28.13

24.28

4.06

3.50

31.80

128.74

53.53

4.05

1.68

Cambridge-
shire

8.93

31.35

14.61

3.51

1.64

22.75

71.77

31.35

3.15

1.38

Cheshire

5.34

18.24

5.74

3.42

1.08

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Cleveland

47.98

135.27

26.32

2.82

0.55

16.29

33.07

13.10

2.03

0.80

Cumbria

20.34

13.33

13.35

0.66

0.66

31.22

48.89

16.01

1.57

0.51

Derbyshire

13.74

49.09

16.22

3.57

1.18

24.94

115.91

42.16

4.65

1.69

Devon & Cornwall

3.51

24.02

3.97

6.85

1.13

25.34

136.91

26.78

5.40

1.06

Dorset

3.54

15.36

0.35

4.34

0.10

23.62

168.09

26.75

7.12

1.13

Durham

7.94

31.86

10.76

4.01

1.35

44.24

138.50

30.92

3.13

0.70

Essex

4.90

22.38

5.14

4.56

1.05

25.95

129.60

20.11

4.99

0.77

Gloucester-
shire

9.99

40.93

16.61

4.10

1.66

25.42

134.56

23.30

5.29

0.92

Greater Manchester

16.94

73.09

16.16

4.31

0.95

40.19

146.59

39.14

3.65

0.97

Hampshire

4.90

24.55

6.92

5.01

1.41

36.88

177.33

39.27

4.81

1.06

Hertford-

shire

6.84

38.55

15.26

5.64

2.23

17.56

106.40

26.82

6.06

1.53

Humbershire

3.94

4.46

3.01

1.13

0.76

36.35

68.04

30.07

1.87

0.83

Kent

9.50

61.56

2.67

6.48

0.28

33.91

232.12

36.56

6.84

1.08

Lancashire

10.04

20.52

10.01

2.04

1.00

44.04

155.24

49.84

3.52

1.13

Leicestershire

17.60

87.36

13.14

4.96

0.75

25.59

156.31

23.08

6.11

0.90

Lincolnshire

10.99

16.88

5.56

1.54

0.51

33.29

108.02

29.49

3.24

0.89

Merseyside

25.27

189.33

8.01

7.49

0.32

51.44

204.80

20.69

3.98

0.40

Metropolitan Police

35.11

141.23

33.92

4.02

0.97

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Norfolk

14.07

26.09

42.13

1.85

2.99

28.38

230.86

22.71

8.13

0.80

Northampton-shire

11.86

45.33

10.95

3.82

0.92

28.60

107.21

27.92

3.75

0.98

Northumbria

30.97

22.25

13.91

0.72

0.45

59.12

98.42

49.59

1.66

0.84

North Yorkshire

12.09

24.51

12.30

2.03

1.02

33.50

77.45

27.86

2.31

0.83

Nottingham-
shire

5.00

24.46

7.83

4.89

1.57

40.37

149.56

43.73

3.71

1.08

South Yorkshire

7.30

32.86

13.24

4.50

1.81

39.22

133.67

50.77

3.41

1.29

Staffordshire

4.90

24.23

10.51

4.94

2.14

39.15

220.83

68.94

5.64

1.76

Suffolk

5.75

14.94

4.15

2.60

0.72

24.56

85.05

22.96

3.46

0.94

Surrey

11.85

98.63

21.80

8.32

1.84

14.57

129.46

19.46

8.89

1.34

Sussex

6.35

19.56

15.70

3.08

2.47

28.45

242.44

31.65

8.52

1.11

Thames Valley

5.83

32.10

25.08

5.51

4.30

32.54

181.49

70.82

5.58

2.18

Warwick-

shire

15.63

91.20

20.43

5.83

1.31

24.64

168.40

44.63

6.83

1.81

West Mercia

11.64

74.57

30.53

6.41

2.62

4.25

22.23

9.89

5.23

2.33

West Midlands

18.54

80.15

37.11

4.32

2.00

42.15

158.66

62.71

3.76

1.49

West

Yorkshire

7.19

36.69

11.35

5.10

1.58

43.47

167.27

51.42

3.85

1.18

Wiltshire

4.42

21.24

4.74

4.80

1.07

24.89

146.15

33.98

5.87

1.37

Dyfed Powys

31.15

118.35

13.33

3.80

0.43

35.82

205.83

33.02

5.75

0.92

Gwent

21.66

65.44

44.45

3.02

2.05

52.48

166.00

77.85

3.16

1.48

North Wales

13.37

22.20

2.91

1.66

0.22

24.31

42.64

9.06

1.75

0.37

South Wales

8.48

28.17

9.91

3.32

1.17

38.18

90.63

26.27

2.37

0.69

All police forces

14.19

108.05

25.37

7.62

1.79

33.62

154.46

46.80

4.59

1.39