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<p>The Home Office collects and publishes statistics on the number of stop and searches,
conducted by each police force in England and Wales under Section 60 of the Criminal
Justice and Public Order Act, on an annual basis. Data are collected at Police Force
Area level only and information at borough level is not held centrally.</p><p>Home
Office stop and search statistics include data on the number of persons found be to
carrying weapons and number of arrests following a stop and search, but cannot be
used to indicate the number of crimes detected following a stop and search.</p><p>Data
are published in the ‘Police Powers and Procedures, England and Wales’ statistical
bulletin, the latest of which can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2019"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2019</a></p>
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