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Stop and search
Recorded stop-and-search incidents by force, by month, as published by police.uk - counted by the source's own categories.
Counts are incidents recorded by the force, not unique individuals. No causal claim is made or implied.
12088 searches recorded (2026-07, metropolitan)
Controlled drugs7176
Stolen goods2583
Offensive weapons1739
Evidence of offences under the Act441
Articles for use in criminal damage50
Firearms39
Full provenance - official series name, source, fingerprint
SERIES: police-stop-search-metropolitanSOURCE: https://data.police.uk/api/stops-force?force=metropolitan&date=2026-07RETRIEVED: 04 Sept 2026 · sha256 c023c5e8…b1d5Challenge this figure
Revision history - every earlier capture, kept
Official series get revised; records here are never overwritten. A changed figure is integrity, not error, when the change is visible.