Cleveland Police — Stop and Search
Stop-and-search activity for Cleveland Police over the last 12 months. Data from data.police.uk.
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Latest reported month: April 2026
Stops recorded
382
Arrest rate
12.3%
share leading to arrest
Most searched for
- Controlled drugs239
- Offensive weapons56
- Article for use in theft27
- Stolen goods25
- Evidence of offences under the Act16
- Not stated13
Outcomes
- A no further action disposal235
- Not stated85
- Arrest47
- Caution (simple or conditional)8
- Community resolution3
- Summons / charged by post2
Ethnicity composition of stops
- White268 (70.2%)
- Not stated81 (21.2%)
- Asian22 (5.8%)
- Other6 (1.6%)
- Black5 (1.3%)
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 Cleveland 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
5,788
Arrest rate
11.6%
share leading to arrest
Months
12
Monthly trend
| Month | Stops | Arrest rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-05 | 980 | 13.7% |
| 2025-06 | 414 | 13.5% |
| 2025-07 | 451 | 10.4% |
| 2025-08 | 364 | 11.0% |
| 2025-09 | 438 | 11.4% |
| 2025-10 | 539 | 10.9% |
| 2025-11 | 478 | 13.4% |
| 2025-12 | 410 | 9.8% |
| 2026-01 | 434 | 11.8% |
| 2026-02 | 447 | 7.8% |
| 2026-03 | 451 | 10.2% |
| 2026-04 | 382 | 12.3% |
Top objects of search
- Controlled drugs3,710
- Offensive weapons751
- Article for use in theft403
- (unknown)351
- Stolen goods296
- Evidence of offences under the Act179
Top outcomes
- A no further action disposal3,787
- (unknown)1,162
- Arrest669
- Summons / charged by post78
- Caution (simple or conditional)46
- Community resolution44
By self-defined ethnicity
- White - English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British4,105 (70.9%)
- (unknown)1,281 (22.1%)
- Asian/Asian British - Pakistani76 (1.3%)
- White - Any other White background51 (0.9%)
- Other ethnic group - Not stated42 (0.7%)
- Asian/Asian British - Indian36 (0.6%)
- Black/African/Caribbean/Black British - African35 (0.6%)
- Asian/Asian British - Any other Asian background35 (0.6%)
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.