Arrests by ethnicity
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/25/7507
Version Date: 29/01/2025
Please provide the number of arrests made by your police department, categorized by ethnic group, for each of the past five years. I would appreciate it if the data could be provided in a tabulated format, with the year-wise breakdown.
The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information.
Data Source
Force custody recording system - NSPIS/NICHE Custody
Data Processing:
Qliksense Detainee Management Report
Filtered on Arrested Date: 01/01/2020 - 31/12/2024
Arrest Type: Primary
Caveats/Limitations
The data is a count of primary arrests only. An individual may be arrested for multiple additional arrests at the time.
|
Self-Defined Ethnicity |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
Any other Asian background |
108 |
92 |
107 |
100 |
146 |
|
Any other Black background |
138 |
110 |
124 |
99 |
163 |
|
Any other ethnic group |
111 |
136 |
131 |
175 |
257 |
|
Any other mixed background |
90 |
90 |
120 |
99 |
144 |
|
Any other white background |
742 |
685 |
751 |
540 |
650 |
|
Asian - Bangladeshi |
26 |
25 |
34 |
28 |
24 |
|
Asian - Indian |
26 |
33 |
44 |
72 |
96 |
|
Asian - Pakistani |
23 |
11 |
15 |
22 |
32 |
|
Black African |
104 |
108 |
135 |
141 |
211 |
|
Black Caribbean |
63 |
59 |
64 |
56 |
72 |
|
Chinese |
16 |
17 |
31 |
34 |
26 |
|
Gypsy or Irish Traveller |
14 |
7 |
9 |
15 |
12 |
|
White & Asian |
16 |
30 |
26 |
22 |
38 |
|
White & Black African |
35 |
35 |
51 |
22 |
21 |
|
White & Black Caribbean |
79 |
67 |
77 |
62 |
49 |
|
White British |
15,044 |
14,628 |
16,339 |
17,119 |
19,386 |
|
White Irish |
116 |
110 |
122 |
104 |
106 |
|
Not stated |
1,764 |
1,527 |
1,552 |
1,368 |
1,581 |
|
Total |
18,515 |
17,770 |
19,732 |
20,078 |
23,014 |