Thames Valley Police — Stop and Search
Stop-and-search activity for Thames Valley Police over the last 12 months. Data from data.police.uk.
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Latest reported month: June 2026
Stops recorded
1,179
Arrest rate
8.7%
share leading to arrest
Most searched for
- Controlled drugs677
- Offensive weapons228
- Stolen goods174
- Article for use in theft68
- Articles for use in criminal damage21
- Firearms11
Outcomes
- A no further action disposal833
- Community resolution212
- Arrest103
- Not stated10
- Penalty Notice for Disorder8
- Khat or Cannabis warning5
Ethnicity composition of stops
- White734 (62.3%)
- Asian215 (18.2%)
- Black198 (16.8%)
- Other22 (1.9%)
- Not stated10 (0.8%)
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 Thames Valley 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
16,155
Arrest rate
9.5%
share leading to arrest
Months
12
Monthly trend
| Month | Stops | Arrest rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-05 | 1,418 | 8.1% |
| 2025-06 | 1,281 | 9.4% |
| 2025-07 | 1,402 | 9.5% |
| 2025-08 | 1,414 | 9.7% |
| 2025-09 | 1,231 | 10.7% |
| 2025-10 | 1,485 | 8.5% |
| 2025-11 | 1,278 | 9.5% |
| 2025-12 | 1,100 | 10.2% |
| 2026-01 | 1,302 | 9.1% |
| 2026-02 | 1,210 | 9.4% |
| 2026-03 | 1,604 | 9.3% |
| 2026-04 | 1,430 | 10.5% |
Top objects of search
- Controlled drugs10,433
- Offensive weapons2,398
- Stolen goods2,048
- Article for use in theft825
- Articles for use in criminal damage290
- Firearms91
Top outcomes
- A no further action disposal11,471
- Community resolution2,663
- Arrest1,529
- (unknown)192
- Khat or Cannabis warning98
- Penalty Notice for Disorder97
By self-defined ethnicity
- White - English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British7,333 (45.4%)
- Other ethnic group - Not stated3,687 (22.8%)
- White - Any other White background806 (5.0%)
- Asian/Asian British - Pakistani767 (4.7%)
- Black/African/Caribbean/Black British - African523 (3.2%)
- Black/African/Caribbean/Black British - Caribbean420 (2.6%)
- Asian/Asian British - Indian415 (2.6%)
- Asian/Asian British - Any other Asian background317 (2.0%)
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.