The police in England and Wales performed 547,003 stop and searches in 2022/23, compared with 530,970 in the previous year. Between 2008/09 and 2017/18 the amount of stop and searches had been decreasing, but have increased in every subsequent year up to 2021/22.
Number of stop and searches performed by the police in England and Wales from 2001/02 to 2022/23
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