Dyfed-Powys Police — Stop and Search
Stop-and-search activity for Dyfed-Powys Police over the last 12 months. Data from data.police.uk.
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Latest reported month: November 2025
Stops recorded
300
Arrest rate
9.0%
share leading to arrest
Most searched for
- Not stated114
- Controlled drugs97
- Offensive weapons54
- Stolen goods14
- Article for use in theft11
- Evidence of offences under the Act5
Outcomes
- Not stated252
- Arrest27
- Community resolution14
- A no further action disposal5
- Caution (simple or conditional)1
- Khat or Cannabis warning1
Ethnicity composition of stops
- White285 (95.0%)
- Not stated7 (2.3%)
- Asian6 (2.0%)
- Black1 (0.3%)
- 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 Dyfed-Powys Police against every other force in the stop & search explorer.
Source: data.police.uk stop & search (Open Government Licence v3.0), November 2025.
Stops, last 12 months
2,020
Arrest rate
6.4%
share leading to arrest
Months
12
Monthly trend
| Month | Stops | Arrest rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-05 | 275 | 6.9% |
| 2025-06 | 241 | 4.2% |
| 2025-07 | 301 | 6.6% |
| 2025-08 | 338 | 6.8% |
| 2025-09 | 271 | 4.8% |
| 2025-10 | 294 | 5.8% |
| 2025-11 | 300 | 9.0% |
| 2025-12 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2026-01 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2026-02 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2026-03 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2026-04 | 0 | 0.0% |
Top objects of search
- Controlled drugs666
- (unknown)629
- Offensive weapons304
- Stolen goods150
- Article for use in theft108
- Articles for use in criminal damage76
Top outcomes
- (unknown)1,600
- A no further action disposal133
- Community resolution132
- Arrest129
- Khat or Cannabis warning23
- Caution (simple or conditional)2
By self-defined ethnicity
- White - English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British1,829 (90.5%)
- Other ethnic group - Not stated81 (4.0%)
- White - Any other White background28 (1.4%)
- White - Irish14 (0.7%)
- Other ethnic group - Any other ethnic group12 (0.6%)
- Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups - White and Asian11 (0.5%)
- Asian/Asian British - Pakistani9 (0.4%)
- Asian/Asian British - Any other Asian background7 (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.