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Thousands more women are subject to stop and search by police
The Observer
|April 13, 2025
The number of women subjected to stop and search by the police has risen despite a fall in the use of the tactic towards men, figures show.
Analysis of Home Office data reveals that thousands more searches of women took place in the year ending March 2024 than the same period the year before. There were 59,549 searches of women, a 7% rise from the year before, and 447,952 searches of men, a 4% fall over the same period.
StopWatch, a police reform charity that campaigns against the use of stop and search and which analysed the data, also found 10,450 cases of the tactic used against girls.
A spokesperson said the rise in searches against women contradicts "persistent evidence" that officers discover "incredibly low" numbers of items, with the search routinely not resulting in further action being taken.
The data also showed a 10% increase in the number of arrests of women after a stop and search compared with 2% of men.
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