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Stop and Search IAG Report

Alliance & North Warwickshire Policing Area

2015/2016 Quarter 4

1st April – 31st March

Stop and Search IAG - Alliance 2015/16

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This report provides data on Stop & Search encounters conducted by Warwickshire Police and West Mercia Police (The Alliance)

from the 1st

April 2015 to the 31st

March 2016. The report provides an overview of the Stop & Search encounters conducted by the

Alliance with a focus on Stop & search encounters conducted in the South Warwickshire Policing Area.

Stop & Search encounters for the Alliance policing area

There were 11,741 Stop & Search encounters conducted by

the Alliance (Apr-Mar 2015/16).

Stop & Search encounters by Policing Area

0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500

North Warwickshire

South Warwickshire

Telford & Wrekin

South Worcestershire

Shropshire

North Worcestershire

Herefordshire

Stop & search encounters by policing area

The policing areas which recorded the most Stop & Search

encounters were: North Worcestershire, South

Worcestershire and Shropshire.

Reasons (Objects) for Stop & Search in the Alliance

96

7237

84

692

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Reasons (Object) for Stop & search encounters in the Alliance

CRIMINAL DAMAGE (Articles for use in criminal damage) 00.82%

DRUGS /SECT. 23 MISUSE DRUGS (Controlled drugs) 61.64%

FIREARMS (Firearms) 00.72%

GOING EQUIPPED (Article for use in theft) 05.89%

OFFENSIVE WEAPON /SECT. 1 PACE (Offensive weapons) 06.11%

OTHER (Detailed object of search unavailable) 02.27%

SECTION 47 TERRORISM - PEDESTRIANS 00.03%

SECTION 47 TERRORISM -VEHICLE/OCCUPANTS 00.00%

SECTION 60 /SUPT. AUTHORISATION 00.00%

STOP/SEARCH SECT. 1 PACE /STOLEN GOODS (Stolen goods) 22.52%

The Alliances main reasons for conducting Stop & Search

were: Drugs, Stop search (Stolen Goods) and Offensive

Weapons.


2 *Index value is a ratio of the Percentage of stop search encounters divided by Percentage population (census)

**Disproportionality a ratio of Stop & search encounters per 1000 pop divided by the White Stop & search encounters per 1000 pop

Stop & Search encounters by Ethnicity and Disproportionality for the Alliance

Ethnicity

Number of

Stop & Search

encounters

Percentage of

Stop & search

encounters

Population

(Census)

Percentage

Population

(Census)

Index value*

Expected

Stop & search

encounters

Difference

Stop & search

encounters

per 1000 Pop

Disproportionality**

White 10100 87.0% 1682204 95.2% 0.9 11049 -949 6.00 1.0

Mixed 290 2.5% 21415 1.2% 2.1 141 149 13.54 2.3

Asian 703 6.1% 50356 2.8% 2.1 331 372 13.96 2.3

Black 464 4.0% 9505 0.5% 7.4 62 402 48.82 8.1

Other 55 0.5% 4410 0.2% 1.9 29 26 12.47 2.1

Outcomes of Stop & Search encounters

All Stop & Search encounters have an Outcome which can be

broken into 2 categories police action taken or nothing found -

no further action.

Of the 11,741 Stop & Search encounters conducted by the

Alliance 21.6 % (2,537) resulted in police action taken and 78.4

% (9,204) resulted in nothing found - no further action.

Stop & Search encounters and Outcomes

11741

2537(22.1%)

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14000

Number of Stop & search encounters Police action taken

Stop & search encounters versus Police action taken in the Alliance

Stop & Search encounters by Outcomes

A stop search encounter resulted in an Arrest 10.78 percent of

the time.


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Reasons (objects) for Stop and Search encounters (police action taken) broken down by Outcomes in the Alliance

The reason recorded for the stop search encounter was only the largest percentage Outcome for Drugs, Going equipped, Offensive

weapons and stolen property.

Outcome linked to the Reason (object) for Stop & Search in the Alliance

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CRIMINAL DAMAGE (Articles for use in

criminal damage)

DRUGS /SECT. 23 MISUSE DRUGS (Controlled drugs)

FIREARMS (Firearms) GOING EQUIPPED (Article for use in theft)

OFFENSIVE WEAPON /SECT. 1 PACE (Offensive

weapons)

OTHER (Detailed object of search unavailable)

SECTION 47 TERRORISM -PEDESTRIANS

SECTION 47 TERRORISM -VEHICLE/OCCUPANTS

SECTION 60 /SUPT. AUTHORISATION

STOP/SEARCH SECT. 1 PACE /STOLEN GOODS

(Stolen goods)

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Reasons for Stop search encounters

Outcome linked to the Reason ( object) for Stop & search encounters in the Alliance

Stolen property Drugs Offensive weapon Firearms Going equipped Criminal Damage


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Crime Hotspots in the Alliance

The major conurbations in the Alliance are the Crime Hot spots; Worcester, Shrewsbury, Hereford,

Leamington Spa, Rugby, Kidderminster, Telford, Redditch and Nuneaton.

The crimes groups which were mapped to produce the hotspots were: Robbery offences, Theft

offences and other crimes against society (only Drug offences & Possession of weapons offences).


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Stop & Search encounters conducted in the Alliance

12.2% (1277) of Stop & Search encounters are not mapped due to incorrect or no

mapping co-ordinates being entered.

Stop and Search IAG - North Warwickshire Policing Area 2015/16



Stop & Search encounters in North Warwickshire

Stop & Search encounters in the North Warwickshire PA

constitute 13.5% of the Alliance’s total. Of the 1589 Stop &

search encounters 297 (18.7%) resulted in Police action taken

and 1292 resulted in nothing found - no further action.

Reasons (Objects) for Stop & Search

The main reasons provided for Stop and Search conducted in

North Warwickshire are: Drugs, Stop search (Stolen Goods)

and Going equipped.

Stop & Search encounters by Ethnicity and Disproportionality for the North Warwickshire policing area


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Stop & Search encounters by Age

Persons aged under 35 years of age undergo the most Stop &

search encounters in the North Warwickshire PA. Those in the

15 - 18 age group are subjected to the most Stop & search

encounters.

Outcomes of Stop & Search encounters

The percentage of police action taken in North Warwickshire

PA is (18.7%) 3.4 percentage points lower than the Alliance’s

(22.1%).

Stop & Search encounters by Outcomes

A stop search encounter results in an Arrest 10.2 percent of the

time.




Reasons (objects) for Stop and Search encounters (police action taken) broken down by Outcomes

The reason recorded for the stop search encounter was the largest percentage Outcome for all Stop search encounters with the

exception of other which was Drugs.

Outcome linked to the Reason (object) for stop and Search


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Crime Hotspots in the North Warwickshire PA

Crime Hot spots in the North Warwickshire PA are located in the

urban conurbation of Rugby, Nuneaton and Bedworth.

The crime groups which were mapped to produce the hotspots were:

Robbery offences, Theft offences and other crimes against society (only

Drug offences & Possession of weapons offences.


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Stop & Search encounters conducted in the North

Warwickshire PA

12.2% (1277) of Stop & Search encounters are not mapped due to

incorrect or no mapping co-ordinates being entered.


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The highest Crime Hotspot SNT in North Warwickshire PA

• Rugby town North SNT

Stop & search encounters by Ethnicity and Disproportionally for Rugby town North SNT

Ethnicity

Number of

Stop &

search

encounters

Percentage of

Stop &

search

encounters

Population

(Census)

Percentage

Population

(Census)

Index value*

Expected

Stop &

search

encounters

Difference

Stop &

search

encounters

per 1000 Pop

Disproportionality**

White 140 84.3% 18541 83.7% 1.0 139 1 7.55 1.0

Mixed 8 4.8% 718 3.2% 1.5 5 3 11.14 1.5

Asian 7 4.2% 1893 8.5% 0.5 14 -7 3.70 0.5

Black 11 6.6% 935 4.2% 1.6 7 4 11.76 1.6

Other 0 0.0% 75 0.3% 0.0 0 0 0.00 0.0

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