Cheshire Constabulary — Stop and Search
Stop-and-search activity for Cheshire Constabulary over the last 12 months. Data from data.police.uk.
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Latest reported month: May 2026
Stops recorded
1,030
Arrest rate
10.1%
share leading to arrest
Most searched for
- Controlled drugs763
- Article for use in theft86
- Offensive weapons86
- Stolen goods36
- Articles for use in criminal damage34
- Not stated17
Outcomes
- A no further action disposal738
- Arrest104
- Community resolution102
- Summons / charged by post52
- Not stated33
- Khat or Cannabis warning1
Ethnicity composition of stops
- White901 (87.5%)
- Asian46 (4.5%)
- Not stated33 (3.2%)
- Black30 (2.9%)
- Other20 (1.9%)
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 Cheshire Constabulary against every other force in the stop & search explorer.
Source: data.police.uk stop & search (Open Government Licence v3.0), May 2026.
Stops, last 12 months
12,783
Arrest rate
11.4%
share leading to arrest
Months
12
Monthly trend
| Month | Stops | Arrest rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-05 | 1,183 | 10.6% |
| 2025-06 | 1,185 | 11.1% |
| 2025-07 | 1,065 | 11.3% |
| 2025-08 | 1,221 | 12.0% |
| 2025-09 | 1,019 | 10.8% |
| 2025-10 | 1,061 | 12.6% |
| 2025-11 | 918 | 11.0% |
| 2025-12 | 869 | 12.2% |
| 2026-01 | 945 | 11.4% |
| 2026-02 | 1,024 | 11.8% |
| 2026-03 | 1,184 | 11.0% |
| 2026-04 | 1,109 | 11.3% |
Top objects of search
- Controlled drugs9,421
- Offensive weapons1,120
- Article for use in theft985
- Stolen goods663
- Articles for use in criminal damage402
- (unknown)111
Top outcomes
- A no further action disposal9,013
- Arrest1,458
- Community resolution1,453
- (unknown)448
- Summons / charged by post399
- Khat or Cannabis warning11
By self-defined ethnicity
- White - English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British9,799 (76.7%)
- Other ethnic group - Not stated586 (4.6%)
- White - Any other White background512 (4.0%)
- (unknown)448 (3.5%)
- Other ethnic group - Any other ethnic group190 (1.5%)
- Black/African/Caribbean/Black British - African163 (1.3%)
- Asian/Asian British - Pakistani142 (1.1%)
- White - Irish140 (1.1%)
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.