Stop and Search

Stop and search data presented here are taken from the annual Home Office Statistics release ‘Police Powers and Procedures, England and Wales 2012/13’, and cover stops and searches conducted by police under:

* Section 1 of PACE and associated legislation (collectively referred to as section 1 of PACE). The associated legislation includes stop and search powers under section 47 of the Firearms Act 1968, section 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, section 43 of the Terrorism Act 2000 as well as other legislation.
* Section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 in anticipation of violence.
* Section 47A (as amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012) of the Terrorism Act 2000 in order to prevent acts of terrorism).
For each of the above powers, data on resultant arrests as well as breakdowns by police force area and self-defined ethnicity of search recipient are included in the tables.

Please refer to the ‘Index’ tab within the tables to navigate to the appropriate data. Please also ensure you review the ‘notes’ tab before using the data.

本数据集中所展示的拦截搜查数据源自内政部年度统计发布《英格兰和威尔士警察权力与程序2012/13》，涵盖了警方依据以下规定进行的拦截搜查：

* 《警察与刑事证据法》（PACE）第1节及相关立法（统称为PACE第1节）。相关立法包括《1968年枪支法》第47条、1971年《滥用药物法》第23条、《2000年恐怖主义法》第43条以及其他相关立法赋予的拦截搜查权力。
* 《1994年刑事司法与公共秩序法》第60条，以预防暴力行为。
* 《2000年恐怖主义法》第47A条（经2012年《保护自由法》修订），旨在预防恐怖主义行为。

对于上述每一种权力，表格中均包含了由此产生的逮捕数据以及按警方辖区和被搜查人自行定义的种族划分的详细情况。

请参阅表格中的‘索引’标签以导航至相关数据。在使用数据之前，请务必查阅‘注释’标签。