North Yorkshire Police — Stop and Search
Stop-and-search activity for North Yorkshire Police over the last 12 months. Data from data.police.uk.
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Latest reported month: August 2025
Stops recorded
59
Arrest rate
13.6%
share leading to arrest
Most searched for
- Controlled drugs38
- Stolen goods11
- Offensive weapons8
- Not stated2
Outcomes
- Not stated50
- Arrest8
- Khat or Cannabis warning1
Ethnicity composition of stops
- White55 (93.2%)
- Other1 (1.7%)
- Asian1 (1.7%)
- Not stated1 (1.7%)
- Black1 (1.7%)
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 North Yorkshire Police against every other force in the stop & search explorer.
Source: data.police.uk stop & search (Open Government Licence v3.0), August 2025.
Stops, last 12 months
248
Arrest rate
11.3%
share leading to arrest
Months
12
Monthly trend
| Month | Stops | Arrest rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-05 | 60 | 13.3% |
| 2025-06 | 66 | 7.6% |
| 2025-07 | 63 | 11.1% |
| 2025-08 | 59 | 13.6% |
| 2025-09 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2025-10 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2025-11 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 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 drugs149
- Stolen goods40
- Offensive weapons37
- Article for use in theft11
- (unknown)9
- Firearms1
Top outcomes
- (unknown)194
- Arrest28
- A no further action disposal12
- Community resolution11
- Khat or Cannabis warning2
- Summons / charged by post1
By self-defined ethnicity
- White - English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British180 (72.6%)
- (unknown)29 (11.7%)
- Other ethnic group - Not stated26 (10.5%)
- White - Any other White background6 (2.4%)
- Asian/Asian British - Any other Asian background4 (1.6%)
- White - Irish2 (0.8%)
- Black/African/Caribbean/Black British - Any other Black/African/Caribbean background1 (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.