Bedfordshire Police — Stop and Search
Stop-and-search activity for Bedfordshire Police over the last 12 months. Data from data.police.uk.
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Latest reported month: April 2026
Stops recorded
393
Arrest rate
10.9%
share leading to arrest
Most searched for
- Controlled drugs237
- Article for use in theft73
- Offensive weapons61
- Stolen goods14
- Articles for use in criminal damage8
Outcomes
- A no further action disposal279
- Community resolution48
- Arrest43
- Summons / charged by post20
- Khat or Cannabis warning2
- Caution (simple or conditional)1
Ethnicity composition of stops
- White192 (48.9%)
- Asian115 (29.3%)
- Black57 (14.5%)
- Not stated20 (5.1%)
- Other9 (2.3%)
These percentages are the composition of stops, not a population-adjusted disparity ratio. Arrest rate is a consistently-recorded outcome; other outcomes are recorded unevenly. Compare Bedfordshire Police against every other force in the stop & search explorer.
Source: data.police.uk stop & search (Open Government Licence v3.0), April 2026.
Stops, last 12 months
3,923
Arrest rate
12.9%
share leading to arrest
Months
12
Monthly trend
| Month | Stops | Arrest rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-05 | 376 | 12.5% |
| 2025-06 | 294 | 14.3% |
| 2025-07 | 388 | 10.6% |
| 2025-08 | 417 | 13.2% |
| 2025-09 | 347 | 13.3% |
| 2025-10 | 360 | 16.1% |
| 2025-11 | 295 | 14.6% |
| 2025-12 | 289 | 10.7% |
| 2026-01 | 419 | 10.7% |
| 2026-02 | 357 | 13.5% |
| 2026-03 | 381 | 13.4% |
| 2026-04 | 0 | 0.0% |
Top objects of search
- Controlled drugs2,727
- Article for use in theft500
- Offensive weapons479
- Stolen goods145
- Firearms40
- Articles for use in criminal damage14
Top outcomes
- A no further action disposal2,749
- Arrest507
- Community resolution491
- Summons / charged by post156
- Caution (simple or conditional)11
- Khat or Cannabis warning9
By self-defined ethnicity
- White - English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British1,270 (32.4%)
- Other ethnic group - Not stated562 (14.3%)
- White - Any other White background483 (12.3%)
- Asian/Asian British - Any other Asian background397 (10.1%)
- Black/African/Caribbean/Black British - Any other Black/African/Caribbean background302 (7.7%)
- (unknown)217 (5.5%)
- Asian/Asian British - Pakistani182 (4.6%)
- Black/African/Caribbean/Black British - African88 (2.2%)
Ethnicity figures are subject-recorded under PACE Code A. Population context is essential for any disparity analysis — see Use-of-Force Disparities for force-level context.
Source: data.police.uk · Licensed under Open Government Licence v3.0 · Fetched 2026-06-27.