Dorset Police — Stop and Search
Stop-and-search activity for Dorset Police over the last 12 months. Data from data.police.uk.
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Latest reported month: June 2026
Stops recorded
318
Arrest rate
9.4%
share leading to arrest
Most searched for
- Controlled drugs218
- Offensive weapons44
- Stolen goods40
- Article for use in theft8
- Articles for use in criminal damage4
- Firearms2
Outcomes
- Not stated172
- A no further action disposal64
- Community resolution42
- Arrest30
- Summons / charged by post10
Ethnicity composition of stops
- White188 (59.1%)
- Not stated64 (20.1%)
- Black34 (10.7%)
- Other20 (6.3%)
- Asian12 (3.8%)
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 Dorset 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
1,647
Arrest rate
13.1%
share leading to arrest
Months
12
Monthly trend
| Month | Stops | Arrest rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-05 | 120 | 10.8% |
| 2025-06 | 143 | 20.3% |
| 2025-07 | 165 | 10.3% |
| 2025-08 | 149 | 10.7% |
| 2025-09 | 111 | 10.8% |
| 2025-10 | 114 | 11.4% |
| 2025-11 | 151 | 11.9% |
| 2025-12 | 115 | 11.3% |
| 2026-01 | 134 | 14.2% |
| 2026-02 | 105 | 14.3% |
| 2026-03 | 156 | 14.7% |
| 2026-04 | 184 | 15.2% |
Top objects of search
- Controlled drugs1,065
- Offensive weapons228
- Stolen goods221
- Article for use in theft67
- (unknown)21
- Articles for use in criminal damage17
Top outcomes
- (unknown)822
- A no further action disposal348
- Arrest216
- Community resolution207
- Summons / charged by post47
- Khat or Cannabis warning7
By self-defined ethnicity
- Other ethnic group - Not stated643 (39.0%)
- White - English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British603 (36.6%)
- (unknown)284 (17.2%)
- White - Any other White background51 (3.1%)
- Asian/Asian British - Any other Asian background32 (1.9%)
- Black/African/Caribbean/Black British - Any other Black/African/Caribbean background27 (1.6%)
- White - Irish7 (0.4%)
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.