User guide to police powers and procedures
This guide to police powers and procedures statistics is designed to be a useful reference guide with explanatory notes on the statistics.
Applies to England and Wales
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The guide contains a glossary of terms, notes on interpreting the figures, and information on sources of data on other police powers.
Last updated 31 January 2024 + show all updates
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Updated to accompany the publication of 'Other PACE powers, England and Wales, year ending March 2023'.
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Updated to accompany the publication of 'Stop and search and arrests, year ending March 2023'.
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Updated to accompany the publication of 'Police powers and procedures: Other PACE powers, England and Wales, year ending 31 November 2022'
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Updated: 'User Guide to Police Powers and Procedures'.
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Updated to accompany the publication of 'Police powers and procedures: Other PACE powers, England and Wales, year ending 31 March 2021'.
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User guide has been converted to HTML format and updated.
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Updated to accompany publication of 'Police powers and procedures England and Wales, year ending 31 March 2020'.
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Updated to accompany the publication of 'Police powers and procedures England and Wales, year ending 31 March 2019’.
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Updated to accompany the publication of 'Police powers and procedures England and Wales, year ending 31 March 2018'.
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Updated to accompany publication of 'Police powers and procedures England and Wales year ending 31 March 2017'.
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Updated to accompany publication of 'Police powers and procedures England and Wales year ending 31 March 2016'.
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Updated 'User guide to Police powers and procedures'.
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Updated to accompany 'Police powers and procedures England and Wales year ending 31 March 2014'.
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Updated to accompany 'Police powers and procedures England and Wales 2012 to 2013.
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First published.