Stop and searches by force

Request parameters

force	The force ID of the force to get stop and searches for
date	Optional. (YYYY-MM) Limit results to a specific month. The latest month will be shown by default, even if no data is available for that force in that month; use the availability API method to pick a date if this is significant for you

Example request

https://data.police.uk/api/stops-force?date=2024-01&force=leicestershire

Example response

[
    {
        "age_range": "18-24", 
        "officer_defined_ethnicity": null, 
        "involved_person": true, 
        "self_defined_ethnicity": "Other ethnic group - Not stated", 
        "gender": "Male", 
        "legislation": null, 
        "outcome_linked_to_object_of_search": null, 
        "datetime": "2024-01-06T22:45:00+00:00", 
        "outcome_object": {
            "id": "bu-no-further-action", 
            "name": "A no further action disposal"
        }, 
        "location": {
            "latitude": "52.628997", 
            "street": {
                "id": 1738518, 
                "name": "On or near Crescent Street"
            }, 
            "longitude": "-1.130273"
        }, 
        "object_of_search": "Controlled drugs", 
        "operation": null, 
        "outcome": "A no further action disposal", 
        "type": "Person and Vehicle search", 
        "operation_name": null, 
        "removal_of_more_than_outer_clothing": false
    }, 
    {
        "age_range": "over 34", 
        "officer_defined_ethnicity": "White", 
        "involved_person": true, 
        "self_defined_ethnicity": "White - English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British", 
        "gender": "Male", 
        "legislation": null, 
        "outcome_linked_to_object_of_search": true, 
        "datetime": "2024-01-06T22:00:00+00:00", 
        "outcome_object": {
            "id": "bu-community-resolution", 
            "name": "Community resolution"
        }, 
        "location": {
            "latitude": "52.693246", 
            "street": {
                "id": 1738748, 
                "name": "On or near Rectory Road"
            }, 
            "longitude": "-1.119069"
        }, 
        "object_of_search": "Controlled drugs", 
        "operation": null, 
        "outcome": "Community resolution", 
        "type": "Person search", 
        "operation_name": null, 
        "removal_of_more_than_outer_clothing": false
    }, 
    ...
]

Response description

Tag	Description
type	Whether this was a 'Person search', a 'Vehicle search', or a 'Person and Vehicle search'
involved_person	Whether a person was searched in this incident (derived from type; true if anything but 'Vehicle search')
datetime	When the stop and search took place. Note that some forces only provide dates for their stop and searches, so you might see a disproportionate number of incidents occuring at midnight.
operation	Whether this stop and search was part of a policing operation
operation_name	The name of the operation this stop and search was part of
location	Approximate location of the incident
latitude	Latitude
longitude	Longitude
street	The approximate location of the incident
id	Unique identifier for the location
name	Human-readable summary of the location
gender	Human-readable gender of the person stopped, if applicable and provided
age_range	The age range of the person stopped at the time the stop occurred
self_defined_ethnicity	The self-defined ethnicity of the person stopped
officer_defined_ethnicity	The officer-defined ethnicity of the person stopped
legislation	The power used to carry out the stop and search
object_of_search	The reason the stop and search was carried out
outcome	The outcome of the stop. false if nothing was found, an empty string if no outcome was provided.
outcome_linked_to_object_of_search	Whether the outcome was related to the reason the stop and search was carried out, as a boolean value (or null if not provided)
removal_of_more_than_outer_clothing	Whether the person searched had more than their outer clothing removed, as a boolean value (or null if not provided)