Wiltshire Police — Stop and Search
Stop-and-search activity for Wiltshire Police over the last 12 months. Data from data.police.uk.
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Latest reported month: June 2026
Stops recorded
225
Arrest rate
19.6%
share leading to arrest
Most searched for
- Controlled drugs135
- Offensive weapons32
- Stolen goods27
- Not stated12
- Articles for use in criminal damage7
- Evidence of offences under the Act5
Outcomes
- A no further action disposal137
- Arrest44
- Community resolution22
- Not stated18
- Summons / charged by post2
- Caution (simple or conditional)1
Ethnicity composition of stops
- White101 (44.9%)
- Not stated75 (33.3%)
- Black29 (12.9%)
- Asian14 (6.2%)
- Other6 (2.7%)
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 Wiltshire 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
3,143
Arrest rate
23.5%
share leading to arrest
Months
12
Monthly trend
| Month | Stops | Arrest rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-05 | 243 | 20.6% |
| 2025-06 | 219 | 26.9% |
| 2025-07 | 212 | 26.4% |
| 2025-08 | 444 | 23.9% |
| 2025-09 | 266 | 25.2% |
| 2025-10 | 259 | 24.7% |
| 2025-11 | 286 | 25.5% |
| 2025-12 | 242 | 22.7% |
| 2026-01 | 225 | 24.0% |
| 2026-02 | 215 | 24.2% |
| 2026-03 | 265 | 19.6% |
| 2026-04 | 267 | 19.5% |
Top objects of search
- Controlled drugs1,802
- Offensive weapons574
- Stolen goods342
- (unknown)139
- Articles for use in criminal damage81
- Evidence of offences under the Act75
Top outcomes
- A no further action disposal1,835
- Arrest740
- Community resolution265
- (unknown)227
- Caution (simple or conditional)43
- Summons / charged by post23
By self-defined ethnicity
- White - English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British1,653 (52.6%)
- Other ethnic group - Not stated781 (24.8%)
- (unknown)208 (6.6%)
- White - Any other White background142 (4.5%)
- Black/African/Caribbean/Black British - Any other Black/African/Caribbean background50 (1.6%)
- Black/African/Caribbean/Black British - Caribbean47 (1.5%)
- Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups - White and Black Caribbean41 (1.3%)
- Black/African/Caribbean/Black British - African41 (1.3%)
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.