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Surrey Police — Stop and Search

Stop-and-search activity for Surrey Police over the last 12 months. Data from data.police.uk.

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Latest reported month: June 2026

Stops recorded

372

Arrest rate

20.4%

share leading to arrest

Most searched for

  • Controlled drugs192
  • Offensive weapons76
  • Stolen goods43
  • Not stated31
  • Article for use in theft12
  • Articles for use in criminal damage8

Outcomes

  • A no further action disposal228
  • Arrest76
  • Community resolution54
  • Summons / charged by post9
  • Not stated2
  • Caution (simple or conditional)1

Ethnicity composition of stops

  • White264 (71.0%)
  • Asian45 (12.1%)
  • Black45 (12.1%)
  • Not stated10 (2.7%)
  • Other8 (2.2%)
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 Surrey 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

5,966

Arrest rate

19.1%

share leading to arrest

Months

12

Monthly trend

MonthStopsArrest rate
2025-0530119.3%
2025-0643216.4%
2025-0734521.7%
2025-0875422.3%
2025-0932720.2%
2025-1090410.6%
2025-1143519.8%
2025-1237118.6%
2026-0180821.8%
2026-0244521.1%
2026-0345822.3%
2026-0438621.0%

Top objects of search

  • Controlled drugs3,285
  • (unknown)801
  • Stolen goods771
  • Offensive weapons763
  • Article for use in theft194
  • Firearms76

Top outcomes

  • A no further action disposal3,683
  • Arrest1,142
  • Community resolution886
  • Summons / charged by post182
  • (unknown)41
  • Caution (simple or conditional)18

By self-defined ethnicity

  • White - English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British3,030 (50.8%)
  • (unknown)967 (16.2%)
  • White - Any other White background587 (9.8%)
  • Black/African/Caribbean/Black British - African167 (2.8%)
  • Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups - Any other Mixed/Multiple ethnic background142 (2.4%)
  • Asian/Asian British - Any other Asian background142 (2.4%)
  • Black/African/Caribbean/Black British - Caribbean138 (2.3%)
  • Asian/Asian British - Pakistani116 (1.9%)

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.