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UK: Mass stop and search by police doesn't reduce crime, says study

18 March 2016

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"The use of large “surge” stop-and-search operations by the police has no discernible effect in reducing crime, according to newly released Home Office research.

The study looks at the mass use of stop and search by London’s Metropolitan police to tackle knife crime in 2008/09, at a time when officers were carrying out one search every 20 seconds on average nationwide.

(...) The use of large-scale mass stop and search operations has been highly controversial not least because black people are still four times more likely to be stopped and searched on the streets by the police than white people."

See the article: Mass stop and search by police doesn't reduce crime, says study (The Guardian, link)

Full report: Home Office: Do initiatives involving substantial increases in stop and search reduce crime? Assessing the impact of Operation BLUNT 2 (pdf)

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