Gloucestershire Constabulary — Stop and Search
Stop-and-search activity for Gloucestershire Constabulary over the last 12 months. Data from data.police.uk.
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Latest reported month: January 2026
Stops recorded
231
Arrest rate
24.2%
share leading to arrest
Most searched for
- Controlled drugs135
- Stolen goods37
- Offensive weapons35
- Article for use in theft17
- Articles for use in criminal damage4
- Not stated2
Outcomes
- A no further action disposal139
- Arrest56
- Community resolution33
- Caution (simple or conditional)2
- Khat or Cannabis warning1
Ethnicity composition of stops
- White154 (66.7%)
- Other46 (19.9%)
- Not stated14 (6.1%)
- Black11 (4.8%)
- Asian6 (2.6%)
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 Gloucestershire Constabulary against every other force in the stop & search explorer.
Source: data.police.uk stop & search (Open Government Licence v3.0), January 2026.
Stops, last 12 months
1,713
Arrest rate
20.6%
share leading to arrest
Months
12
Monthly trend
| Month | Stops | Arrest rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-05 | 145 | 17.2% |
| 2025-06 | 230 | 23.5% |
| 2025-07 | 200 | 21.0% |
| 2025-08 | 181 | 22.1% |
| 2025-09 | 159 | 15.1% |
| 2025-10 | 170 | 18.2% |
| 2025-11 | 248 | 21.4% |
| 2025-12 | 149 | 18.8% |
| 2026-01 | 231 | 24.2% |
| 2026-02 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2026-03 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2026-04 | 0 | 0.0% |
Top objects of search
- Controlled drugs985
- Offensive weapons283
- Stolen goods283
- Article for use in theft111
- Articles for use in criminal damage30
- Firearms9
Top outcomes
- A no further action disposal1,109
- Arrest353
- Community resolution213
- Khat or Cannabis warning14
- Summons / charged by post12
- Caution (simple or conditional)11
By self-defined ethnicity
- White - English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British1,078 (62.9%)
- Other ethnic group - Not stated167 (9.7%)
- (unknown)110 (6.4%)
- White - Any other White background106 (6.2%)
- Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups - Any other Mixed/Multiple ethnic background42 (2.5%)
- Black/African/Caribbean/Black British - Any other Black/African/Caribbean background41 (2.4%)
- Black/African/Caribbean/Black British - Caribbean36 (2.1%)
- Asian/Asian British - Any other Asian background23 (1.3%)
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.