FOI 455773
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 455773
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 2nd February 2026. Please find below the response to your request:
Can you Please provide the number of stop and search encounters recorded by West Merica Redditch for each ethnicity category, for the years 2020–2025
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Table 1a. Self-defined ethnicity [OLD RECORDING SYSTEM CATEGORIES] |
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Self-defined ethnicity given by person stopped |
Calendar Year |
Grand Total |
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2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 (Jan-May) |
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ASIAN - ANY OTHER ASIAN BACKGROUND |
7 |
5 |
10 |
18 |
|
40 |
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ASIAN - BANGLADESHI |
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
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ASIAN - INDIAN |
9 |
1 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
20 |
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ASIAN - PAKISTANI |
26 |
15 |
26 |
18 |
3 |
88 |
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BLACK - AFRICAN |
6 |
4 |
3 |
|
1 |
14 |
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BLACK - ANY OTHER BLACK/AFRICAN/CARIBBEAN BACKGROUND |
14 |
7 |
6 |
13 |
1 |
41 |
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BLACK - CARIBBEAN |
16 |
8 |
17 |
5 |
1 |
47 |
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MIXED - ANY OTHER MIXED/MULTIPLE ETHNIC BACKGROUND |
2 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
12 |
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MIXED - WHITE AND ASIAN |
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|
3 |
4 |
|
7 |
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MIXED - WHITE AND BLACK AFRICAN |
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1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
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MIXED - WHITE AND BLACK CARIBBEAN |
12 |
8 |
7 |
10 |
4 |
41 |
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NOT STATED - CALLED AWAY |
5 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
16 |
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NOT STATED - DECLINED |
29 |
33 |
40 |
38 |
9 |
149 |
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NOT STATED - DISORDER |
6 |
5 |
9 |
3 |
2 |
25 |
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NOT STATED - NOT UNDERSTOOD |
4 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
15 |
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OTHER - ANY OTHER ETHNIC GROUP |
2 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
13 |
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OTHER ETHNIC GROUP - ARAB |
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1 |
1 |
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|
2 |
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UNKNOWN. |
1 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
12 |
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WHITE - ANY OTHER WHITE BACKGROUND |
28 |
13 |
17 |
19 |
7 |
84 |
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WHITE - ENGLISH/WELSH/SCOTTISH/NORTHERN IRISH/BRITSH |
239 |
253 |
231 |
238 |
76 |
1,037 |
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WHITE - GYPSY OR IRISH TRAVELLER |
|
1 |
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|
1 |
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WHITE - IRISH |
1 |
1 |
|
3 |
|
5 |
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Grand Total |
408 |
370 |
392 |
389 |
116 |
1,675 |
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Table 1b. Self-defined ethnicity [LATEST RECORDING SYSTEM CATEGORIES] |
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Self-defined ethnicity given by person stopped |
Calendar Year |
Grand Total |
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2024 (Jun-Dec) |
2025 |
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A1 Asian - Indian |
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2 |
2 |
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A2 Asian - Pakistani |
3 |
16 |
19 |
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A9 Asian - Any other Asian Background |
5 |
9 |
14 |
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B1 Black - Caribbean |
9 |
2 |
11 |
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B2 Black - African |
4 |
|
4 |
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B9 Black - Any other Black/African/Caribbean Background |
3 |
5 |
8 |
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M1 Mixed - White and Black Caribbean |
4 |
1 |
5 |
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M3 Mixed - White and Asian |
3 |
|
3 |
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M9 Mixed - Any other mixed/multiple ethnicity background |
3 |
1 |
4 |
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NX Not Stated |
29 |
77 |
106 |
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O2 Other - Arab |
1 |
|
1 |
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Refused |
3 |
4 |
7 |
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W1 White - English/Scottish/Welsh/Norther Irish/British |
94 |
55 |
149 |
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W1 White - English/Scottish/Welsh/Northern Irish/British |
|
100 |
100 |
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W2 White - Irish |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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W3 White - Gypsy or Irish Traveller |
1 |
|
1 |
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W4 White - Roma |
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2 |
2 |
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W5 White - Any other white background |
6 |
4 |
10 |
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W9 White - Any other white background |
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5 |
5 |
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Not recorded |
3 |
|
3 |
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Grand Total |
172 |
284 |
456 |
There was a changeover of West Mercia Stop Search recording systems on 1/6/2024