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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: FOI-1044-2023
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 14th November 2023 as follows:
I wish to request post-arrest strip search rates by person characteristics for your police force.
For the three (3) financial years: 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 from your custody database I would like an Excel format tables with annual totals for each of the years. For each year, I would like four tables with the annual totals broken down by the following variables:
Please find the Warwickshire Police response set out below.
Response:
Number of Strip Searches |
2019/20 |
2020/21 |
2021/22 |
Total |
Grand Total |
475 |
636 |
559 |
1670 |
Gender |
2019/20 |
2020/21 |
2021/22 |
Total |
Female |
73 |
110 |
92 |
275 |
Male |
401 |
524 |
465 |
1390 |
Unspecified |
|
1 |
1 |
2 |
Not recorded |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
Grand Total |
475 |
636 |
559 |
1670 |
Age group |
2019/20 |
2020/21 |
2021/22 |
Total |
Under 18 |
30 |
26 |
9 |
65 |
18 and over |
445 |
610 |
550 |
1605 |
Grand Total |
475 |
636 |
559 |
1670 |
Self Defined Ethnicity |
2019/20 |
2020/21 |
2021/22 |
Total |
Any Other Asian Background |
1 |
4 |
4 |
9 |
Any Other Black, Black British or Caribbean Background |
9 |
8 |
15 |
32 |
Any Other Ethnic Group |
1 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
Any Other Mixed or Multiple Background |
|
3 |
5 |
8 |
Any Other White Background |
11 |
6 |
7 |
24 |
Bangladeshi |
|
|
1 |
1 |
Black African |
2 |
9 |
7 |
18 |
Black Caribbean |
4 |
6 |
6 |
16 |
Gypsy or Irish Traveller |
|
|
1 |
1 |
Indian |
3 |
1 |
6 |
10 |
Not Stated |
2 |
6 |
4 |
12 |
Pakistani |
6 |
8 |
3 |
17 |
White And Asian |
|
2 |
2 |
4 |
White And Black African |
3 |
|
|
3 |
White And Black Caribbean |
4 |
5 |
4 |
13 |
White British |
69 |
77 |
176 |
322 |
White Irish |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
Not recorded |
359 |
497 |
316 |
1172 |
Grand Total |
475 |
636 |
559 |
1670 |
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided is as accurate as possible.
Your attention is drawn to the below which details your right of complaint.
Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please write or email the Freedom of Information Unit quoting the reference number above.
Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Officer
Freedom of Information Unit
Warwickshire Police
PO Box 4
Leek Wootton
Warwickshire
CV35 7QB