Essex Police — Stop and Search
Stop-and-search activity for Essex Police over the last 12 months. Data from data.police.uk.
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Latest reported month: June 2026
Stops recorded
1,109
Arrest rate
16.7%
share leading to arrest
Most searched for
- Not stated1,109
Outcomes
- A no further action disposal769
- Arrest185
- Community resolution146
- Summons / charged by post7
- Caution (simple or conditional)1
- Khat or Cannabis warning1
Ethnicity composition of stops
- White784 (70.7%)
- Black110 (9.9%)
- Asian76 (6.9%)
- Not stated68 (6.1%)
- Mixed43 (3.9%)
- Other28 (2.5%)
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 Essex 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
13,852
Arrest rate
14.9%
share leading to arrest
Months
12
Monthly trend
| Month | Stops | Arrest rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-05 | 1,156 | 12.7% |
| 2025-06 | 1,156 | 12.5% |
| 2025-07 | 1,136 | 13.6% |
| 2025-08 | 1,156 | 14.6% |
| 2025-09 | 1,156 | 16.5% |
| 2025-10 | 1,156 | 14.3% |
| 2025-11 | 1,156 | 16.6% |
| 2025-12 | 1,156 | 15.8% |
| 2026-01 | 1,156 | 15.7% |
| 2026-02 | 1,156 | 16.1% |
| 2026-03 | 1,156 | 15.6% |
| 2026-04 | 1,156 | 14.8% |
Top objects of search
- (unknown)13,852
Top outcomes
- A no further action disposal9,568
- Community resolution2,106
- Arrest2,066
- Summons / charged by post55
- Caution (simple or conditional)48
- Khat or Cannabis warning8
By self-defined ethnicity
- White - English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British6,604 (47.7%)
- Other ethnic group - Not stated2,770 (20.0%)
- (unknown)1,137 (8.2%)
- White - Any other White background982 (7.1%)
- Black/African/Caribbean/Black British - Any other Black/African/Caribbean background583 (4.2%)
- Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups - Any other Mixed/Multiple ethnic background313 (2.3%)
- Black/African/Caribbean/Black British - African284 (2.1%)
- Other ethnic group - Any other ethnic group210 (1.5%)
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.