Stop and search in England and Wales
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The use of stops and searches has fallen both in London and across England and Wales, following policy changes a few years ago.
Stops and searches are more likely than ever to result in arrest.
Around 17% of searches resulted in arrests, with 13% resulting in another kind of action in England and Wales in 2017/18.
Black people remain much more likely to be stopped and searched than white people, and this gap has widened in the most recent year we have figures for.
The laws in Scotland and Nor...
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