Durham Constabulary — Stop and Search
Stop-and-search activity for Durham Constabulary over the last 12 months. Data from data.police.uk.
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Latest reported month: June 2026
Stops recorded
293
Arrest rate
15.0%
share leading to arrest
Most searched for
- Controlled drugs160
- Offensive weapons50
- Article for use in theft47
- Stolen goods24
- Articles for use in criminal damage8
- Firearms4
Outcomes
- A no further action disposal203
- Arrest44
- Not stated23
- Community resolution18
- Summons / charged by post5
Ethnicity composition of stops
- White266 (90.8%)
- Not stated17 (5.8%)
- Asian5 (1.7%)
- Black4 (1.4%)
- Other1 (0.3%)
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 Durham Constabulary 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
2,729
Arrest rate
16.6%
share leading to arrest
Months
12
Monthly trend
| Month | Stops | Arrest rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-05 | 243 | 16.9% |
| 2025-06 | 213 | 18.8% |
| 2025-07 | 277 | 12.6% |
| 2025-08 | 242 | 16.5% |
| 2025-09 | 236 | 16.5% |
| 2025-10 | 223 | 14.3% |
| 2025-11 | 172 | 19.8% |
| 2025-12 | 150 | 16.0% |
| 2026-01 | 214 | 16.4% |
| 2026-02 | 230 | 17.0% |
| 2026-03 | 277 | 18.4% |
| 2026-04 | 252 | 17.1% |
Top objects of search
- Controlled drugs1,472
- Offensive weapons438
- Article for use in theft405
- Stolen goods245
- Articles for use in criminal damage98
- Fireworks25
Top outcomes
- A no further action disposal1,714
- Arrest453
- (unknown)250
- Community resolution249
- Summons / charged by post36
- Khat or Cannabis warning19
By self-defined ethnicity
- White - English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British2,306 (84.5%)
- Other ethnic group - Not stated201 (7.4%)
- (unknown)95 (3.5%)
- White - Any other White background32 (1.2%)
- White - Irish21 (0.8%)
- Other ethnic group - Any other ethnic group21 (0.8%)
- Black/African/Caribbean/Black British - Any other Black/African/Caribbean background13 (0.5%)
- Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups - Any other Mixed/Multiple ethnic background9 (0.3%)
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.