Devon & Cornwall Police — Stop and Search
Stop-and-search activity for Devon & Cornwall Police over the last 12 months. Data from data.police.uk.
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Latest reported month: June 2026
Stops recorded
472
Arrest rate
18.9%
share leading to arrest
Most searched for
- Controlled drugs271
- Offensive weapons83
- Stolen goods43
- Article for use in theft31
- Not stated20
- Articles for use in criminal damage15
Outcomes
- A no further action disposal278
- Arrest89
- Not stated51
- Community resolution46
- Summons / charged by post5
- Caution (simple or conditional)3
Ethnicity composition of stops
- White426 (90.3%)
- Not stated20 (4.2%)
- Black18 (3.8%)
- Asian4 (0.8%)
- Other4 (0.8%)
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 Devon & Cornwall Police against every other force in the stop & search explorer.
Source: data.police.uk stop & search (Open Government Licence v3.0), June 2026.
Stops, last 12 months
5,416
Arrest rate
21.6%
share leading to arrest
Months
12
Monthly trend
| Month | Stops | Arrest rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-05 | 502 | 21.1% |
| 2025-06 | 467 | 19.3% |
| 2025-07 | 394 | 19.0% |
| 2025-08 | 419 | 22.0% |
| 2025-09 | 418 | 26.3% |
| 2025-10 | 458 | 17.3% |
| 2025-11 | 466 | 19.5% |
| 2025-12 | 431 | 23.2% |
| 2026-01 | 472 | 20.1% |
| 2026-02 | 420 | 27.1% |
| 2026-03 | 496 | 25.0% |
| 2026-04 | 473 | 19.2% |
Top objects of search
- Controlled drugs3,349
- Offensive weapons918
- Stolen goods415
- Article for use in theft347
- (unknown)253
- Articles for use in criminal damage87
Top outcomes
- A no further action disposal3,475
- Arrest1,167
- (unknown)364
- Community resolution359
- Summons / charged by post41
- Caution (simple or conditional)5
By self-defined ethnicity
- White - English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British4,263 (78.7%)
- White - Any other White background267 (4.9%)
- Other ethnic group - Not stated244 (4.5%)
- (unknown)174 (3.2%)
- Black/African/Caribbean/Black British - African64 (1.2%)
- Other ethnic group - Any other ethnic group61 (1.1%)
- Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups - Any other Mixed/Multiple ethnic background58 (1.1%)
- White - Irish41 (0.8%)
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.