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Stop and search arrest rate: record highs and lows

The extremes of stop and search arrest rate as published by Home Office, across the 24 periods held here (Year ending March 2002 to Year ending March 2025). Each record is a published figure, not a computed one, and the scope is this series — not “ever”.

The latest figure, 14.9% in Year ending March 2025, is the highest since Year ending March 2019, when it was 15.3% — every period between was lower. The rule: a period counts as beaten only when its figure is strictly below the latest, and the claim is only made when it reaches back at least five years.

Highest published

17.1%Year ending March 2018

Lowest published

7.8%Year ending March 2009

The full series

Stop and search arrest rate: Year ending March 2002 to Year ending March 2025LabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour0%5%10%15%20052010201520202025Year ending March 2002: 12.9% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2003: 12.1% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2004: 11.8% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2005: 10.4% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2006: 10.2% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2007: 10.8% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2008: 10% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2009: 7.8% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2010: 7.9% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2011: 8.9% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2012: 9.2% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2013: 10.4% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2014: 12% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2015: 13.8% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2016: 15.7% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2017: 17.1% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2018: 17.1% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2019: 15.3% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2020: 12.8% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2021: 11.4% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2022: 12.6% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2023: 13.6% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2024: 14.2% percent · published 6 November 2025Year ending March 2025: 14.9% percent · published 6 November 2025
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What a record here is, and is not

A record is the extreme of the periods this site holds for the current series, at each period’s newest published release. Earlier series measured under different methods are not compared against it. Money is in cash terms: a record set years ago stands against the money of its own year.