Police use of stop and search was UP 53% in 2019/20 (Eng/Wales) but the arrest rate FELL to 13%. Black people were 9x more likely to be stopped than white people. @ukhomeofficepic.twitter.com/RFhRDIXg50
It would be more interesting to find out of those searched, to break it down by how many had previous convictions for e.g. poss. of knives / knifepoint robbery / poss. of drugs. S&S as part of proactive policing targeting known e.g. top 10 offenders should be a distinct data-set.