New: Figures from the Home Office show there's been a 53% yearly rise in Stop and Searches in England and Wales.
2018-19 : 365,554
2019-20 : 558,973
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2018-19 : 365,554
2019-20 : 558,973
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73,423 of those stops led to an arrest BUT the data shows the stop and search arrest rate dropped slightly from 16% to 13%.
That means the relative 'success' of these stops are dropping.
That means the relative 'success' of these stops are dropping.
In 2019-20 people from a Black, Asian and minority ethnic background were 4.1 times more likely to be stopped and searched than white people.
This was similar to the previous year when the rate was 4.3 times higher.
This was similar to the previous year when the rate was 4.3 times higher.
In 2019-20 there were 18,081 stops under section 60 - where officers are worried about violence in an area and are granted extra powers to stop and search someone with 'no grounds for suspicion.' That's an increase of 35%.
Black people were 8.9 times more likely to be stopped and searched than white people in England/ Wales in 2019-20. That's obviously a huge gulf, down only slightly from the previous year, when they were 9.5x more likely.
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