West Midlands Police — Stop and Search
Stop-and-search activity for West Midlands Police over the last 12 months. Data from data.police.uk.
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Latest reported month: June 2026
Stops recorded
2,498
Arrest rate
17.6%
share leading to arrest
Most searched for
- Controlled drugs1,190
- Offensive weapons720
- Stolen goods294
- Article for use in theft211
- Firearms58
- Articles for use in criminal damage17
Outcomes
- A no further action disposal1,564
- Arrest439
- Community resolution275
- Not stated182
- Summons / charged by post12
- Penalty Notice for Disorder12
Ethnicity composition of stops
- White819 (32.8%)
- Asian630 (25.2%)
- Not stated551 (22.1%)
- Black465 (18.6%)
- Other33 (1.3%)
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 West Midlands 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
26,891
Arrest rate
17.0%
share leading to arrest
Months
12
Monthly trend
| Month | Stops | Arrest rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-05 | 2,286 | 16.5% |
| 2025-06 | 2,390 | 16.8% |
| 2025-07 | 2,379 | 17.6% |
| 2025-08 | 2,444 | 16.0% |
| 2025-09 | 2,467 | 16.5% |
| 2025-10 | 2,334 | 19.1% |
| 2025-11 | 2,610 | 14.9% |
| 2025-12 | 2,336 | 17.6% |
| 2026-01 | 2,333 | 18.5% |
| 2026-02 | 2,446 | 16.9% |
| 2026-03 | 2,866 | 16.9% |
| 2026-04 | 0 | 0.0% |
Top objects of search
- Controlled drugs13,539
- Offensive weapons6,716
- Stolen goods3,057
- Article for use in theft2,641
- Firearms620
- Articles for use in criminal damage176
Top outcomes
- A no further action disposal16,869
- Arrest4,574
- Community resolution2,960
- (unknown)2,002
- Khat or Cannabis warning197
- Penalty Notice for Disorder152
By self-defined ethnicity
- White - English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British7,791 (29.0%)
- (unknown)4,787 (17.8%)
- Asian/Asian British - Pakistani3,326 (12.4%)
- Other ethnic group - Not stated2,052 (7.6%)
- Black/African/Caribbean/Black British - Caribbean1,788 (6.6%)
- Black/African/Caribbean/Black British - African1,432 (5.3%)
- Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups - White and Black Caribbean1,181 (4.4%)
- Asian/Asian British - Indian1,150 (4.3%)
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.