Use of police powers
View stop and search and police power statistics for Avon and Somerset Police
2024
- Stop and search summary 2024 (PDF)
- Police powers bulletin Jul – Sept 2024 (PDF)
- Police powers bulletin Apr – Jun 2024 (PDF)
- Police powers bulletin Jan – Mar 2024 (PDF)
2023
- Stop and search summary 2023 (PDF)
- Police powers bulletin Oct – Dec 2023 (PDF)
- Police powers bulletin Jul – Sept 2023 (PDF)
- Police powers bulletin Apr – Jun 2023 (PDF)
- No report was published for Jan-March 2023. If this data is required, make an FOI request.
2022
- Stop and search summary 2022 (PDF)
- Quarterly stop and search bulletin Oct – Dec 2022 (PDF)
- Quarterly stop and search bulletin Jan – Mar 2022 (PDF)
No report was published for April-Sept 2022 as a new reporting process was being devised to combine stop and search and use of force.
2021
- Quarterly stop and search bulletin Oct – Dec 2021 (PDF)
- Quarterly stop and search bulletin Jul – Sept 2021 (PDF)
- Quarterly stop and search bulletin Apr – Jun 2021 (PDF)
- Quarterly stop and search bulletin Jan – Mar 2021 (PDF)
2020
- Quarterly stop and search bulletin Oct – Dec 2020 (PDF)
- Quarterly stop and search bulletin July – Sept 2020 (PDF)
- Quarterly stop and search bulletin Apr – Jun 2020 (PDF)
- Quarterly stop and search bulletin Jan – Mar 2020 (PDF)
2019
- Quarterly stop and search bulletin Oct – Dec 2019 (PDF)
- Quarterly stop and search bulletin Jul – Sept 2019 (PDF)
- Quarterly stop and search bulletin Apr – Jun 2019 (PDF)
- Quarterly stop and search bulletin Jan – Mar 2019 (PDF)
2018
- Quarterly stop and search bulletin Oct – Dec 2018 (PDF)
- Quarterly stop and search bulletin Jul – Sep 2018 (PDF)
- Quarterly stop and search bulletin Apr-Jun 2018 (PDF)
- Quarterly stop and search bulletin Jan – Mar 2018 (PDF)
- Stop and search assurance 2018 (PDF)
2017
Stop and search data for all forces in the UK is available from Police.uk.
Find out more about the stop and search process.
Internal stop and search scrutiny panel
In October 2019 we created an internal stop search scrutiny panel, in collaboration with the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC).
The panel reviews samples of searches to ensure stop and search is being used legitimately, identify best practice and suggest areas of improvement.
The internal stop and search scrutiny panel is separate to the Scrutiny of Police Powers Panel appointed by the OPCC. Find out more about the Scrutiny of Police Powers Panel on the OPCC website.