South Yorkshire Police — Stop and Search
Stop-and-search activity for South Yorkshire Police over the last 12 months. Data from data.police.uk.
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Latest reported month: June 2026
Stops recorded
875
Arrest rate
14.3%
share leading to arrest
Most searched for
- Controlled drugs579
- Stolen goods105
- Not stated77
- Article for use in theft67
- Offensive weapons27
- Firearms14
Outcomes
- A no further action disposal608
- Arrest125
- Community resolution91
- Summons / charged by post38
- Caution (simple or conditional)9
- Khat or Cannabis warning4
Ethnicity composition of stops
- White530 (60.6%)
- Not stated150 (17.1%)
- Asian106 (12.1%)
- Black74 (8.5%)
- Other15 (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 South Yorkshire 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
12,152
Arrest rate
14.2%
share leading to arrest
Months
12
Monthly trend
| Month | Stops | Arrest rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-05 | 948 | 17.5% |
| 2025-06 | 932 | 14.0% |
| 2025-07 | 965 | 15.0% |
| 2025-08 | 1,014 | 16.9% |
| 2025-09 | 967 | 11.5% |
| 2025-10 | 1,209 | 13.4% |
| 2025-11 | 1,023 | 14.0% |
| 2025-12 | 1,017 | 12.7% |
| 2026-01 | 1,109 | 13.5% |
| 2026-02 | 941 | 14.3% |
| 2026-03 | 1,123 | 14.4% |
| 2026-04 | 904 | 12.9% |
Top objects of search
- Controlled drugs8,074
- Stolen goods1,418
- (unknown)969
- Article for use in theft896
- Offensive weapons482
- Firearms235
Top outcomes
- A no further action disposal8,328
- Arrest1,721
- Community resolution1,294
- Summons / charged by post605
- Caution (simple or conditional)124
- Khat or Cannabis warning50
By self-defined ethnicity
- White - English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British5,940 (48.9%)
- (unknown)2,156 (17.7%)
- Other ethnic group - Not stated1,193 (9.8%)
- White - Any other White background575 (4.7%)
- Asian/Asian British - Pakistani490 (4.0%)
- Asian/Asian British - Any other Asian background365 (3.0%)
- Other ethnic group - Any other ethnic group326 (2.7%)
- Black/African/Caribbean/Black British - African303 (2.5%)
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.