FOI 291143
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 291143
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 14th November 2023. Please find below the response to your request:
Custody detentions and related strip searches: data request
I wish to request post-arrest strip search rates by person characteristics for your police force.
I am requesting the following data:
For the three (3) financial years: 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 from your custody database I would like an Excel format tables with annual totals for each of the years. For each year, I would like four tables with the annual totals broken down by the following variables:
- (Financial) year of detention.
- Sex/gender (as appropriate).
- Grouped age at time of detention (i.e. under 18, 18 and over)
- Self-defined ethnicity.
Reply
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Number of Strip Searches |
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Strip Searches by Self-Defined Ethnicity |
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2019/20 |
1614 |
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2019/20 |
2020/21 |
2021/22 |
Total |
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2020/21 |
1198 |
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Any Other Asian Background |
5 |
6 |
6 |
17 |
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2021/22 |
1085 |
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Any Other Black, Black British or Caribbean Background |
2 |
10 |
24 |
36 |
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Total |
3897 |
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Any Other Ethnic Group |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
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Any Other Mixed or Multiple Background |
5 |
1 |
12 |
18 |
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Any Other White Background |
6 |
7 |
18 |
31 |
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Strip Searches by Gender |
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Arab |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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Bangladeshi |
3 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
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2019/20 |
2020/21 |
2021/22 |
Total |
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Black African |
2 |
3 |
13 |
18 |
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Female |
269 |
171 |
196 |
636 |
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Black Caribbean |
6 |
6 |
14 |
26 |
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Male |
1345 |
1022 |
889 |
3256 |
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Chinese |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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Not Recorded |
0 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
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Gypsy or Irish Traveller |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
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Total |
1614 |
1198 |
1085 |
3897 |
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Indian |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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Not recorded |
1300 |
865 |
417 |
2582 |
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Not Stated |
7 |
6 |
15 |
28 |
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Strip Searches by Age Group |
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Pakistani |
6 |
10 |
14 |
30 |
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White And Asian |
1 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
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2019/20 |
2020/21 |
2021/22 |
Total |
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White And Black African |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
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Over 18 |
1570 |
1138 |
1046 |
3754 |
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White And Black Caribbean |
8 |
3 |
12 |
23 |
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Under 18 |
44 |
60 |
39 |
143 |
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White British |
260 |
272 |
526 |
1058 |
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Total |
1614 |
1198 |
1085 |
3897 |
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White Irish |
0 |
5 |
1 |
6 |
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Total |
1614 |
1198 |
1085 |
3897 |