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Today @IGCP_UCL releases the first quarterly report on how #stopsearch is used by @metpoliceuk @BTPLondon and @CityPolice in London, using #opendata from http://police.uk to provide evidence for the debate on #stopandsearch
Report: https://bit.ly/stop-search-london
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Report: https://bit.ly/stop-search-london
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From July–September 2020, police in London searched 67,997 people and vehicles, or about 740 each day. The number of searches has generally increased over the past two years.
About 65% of all searches are for drugs, 17% for weapons and 11% for stolen goods. Over the past two years, the proportion of searches that are for drugs has increased and the proportion of searches that are for weapons has decreased.
From July to September 2020, police searched 10,777 people in London they suspected of carrying weapons, along with searching 910 people without necessarily having any suspicion in areas where a mid-ranking officer believed some people might be carrying weapons.
Different groups are searched at different rates – men aged 18–24 identifying as Black were on-average 19 times more likely to be searched than the population at large. The reasons for this are likely to be a complex mix of different factors, with no single cause.
76% of searches in July to September 2020 resulted in no further action. In the past two years, the proportion of searches for drugs, stolen goods and weapons resulting in a formal outcome (e.g. arrest) have all decreased.
Over the past 6 months, the likelihood of searches of Black or Asian people having a formal criminal-justice outcome was not significantly different from the probability of a formal outcome to searches of White people for any of the main search types
Half of police searches in London from July to September 2020 occurred in 9% of neighbourhoods – there were more searches in West End ward in Westminster than in 12 entire boroughs
The full report at https://bit.ly/stop-search-london and is covered by @VikramDodd at https://www.theguardian.com/law/2020/dec/03/young-black-males-in-london-19-times-more-likely-to-be-stopped-and-searched
We'll update the report every quarter to provide the latest analysis of stop and search in London
@gmhales @pkquinton @ben1971b + others for their helpful comments on drafts!
We'll update the report every quarter to provide the latest analysis of stop and search in London
@gmhales @pkquinton @ben1971b + others for their helpful comments on drafts!
This report might be of interest to @drmeganoneill @Sharda_24 @WAgnewPauley @POLSTOPEU @StopWatchUK @YStopUK @release_drugs @CamdenSSMG @hissmg_
