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Rising number of UK women stopped and searched by police

Home Office data shows a 7% increase in searches of women up to March 2024 compared with a 2% drop for those of men

The number of women subjected to stop and search by the police has risen despite a fall in the use of the tactic towards men, figures show.

Analysis of Home Office data reveals that thousands more searches of women took place in the year ending March 2024 than in the same period the year before. There were 59,549 searches of women, a 7% rise from the year before, and 447,952 searches of men, a 4% fall over the same period.

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