FOI 350006
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 350006
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 31st July 2024. Please find below the response to your request:
Please can you provide the following information, broken down by financial year for 2023-24, 2022-23, and 2021-22:
- The number of strip searches carried out by police.
- Of these, how many were carried out on someone 10-17 years old?
- Of these, how many were carried out on someone under-10 years old?
- The number of police complaints received about a police strip search.
Reply
West Mercia Police hold the information requested.
Please can you provide the following information, broken down by financial year for 2023-24, 2022-23, and 2021-22:
- The number of strip searches carried out by police.
2021/22 – 1079
2022/23 – 1171
2023/24 - 1694
Please note recording criteria for strip searches changed in September 2023
- Of these, how many were carried out on someone 10-17 years old?
2021/22 - 40
2022/23 – 29
2023/24 - 54
- Of these, how many were carried out on someone under-10 years old?
No children under 10 were strip searched
- The number of police complaints received about a police strip search.
2021/22 – 4
2022/23 - 2
2023/24 – 1