Strip searches
Freedom of Information Act request number: 2022-177
Version date: 22/03/2022
The Criminal Justice Department have provided the following information:
Numbers of people subject to strip searches in the last 5 years (2016-2021) by age group and gender.
Specifically, how many children (under 18) were subjected to strip searches in this time.
|
Gender |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
|
Female |
367 |
403 |
438 |
397 |
394 |
276 |
|
Male |
1896 |
2166 |
2089 |
2097 |
2210 |
1703 |
|
Total |
2263 |
2569 |
2527 |
2494 |
2604 |
1978 |
|
Age Group |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
|
Adult |
2194 |
2489 |
2416 |
2343 |
2450 |
1872 |
|
Child |
63 |
72 |
98 |
139 |
142 |
101 |
|
Unknown |
6 |
8 |
13 |
12 |
12 |
5 |
|
Total |
2263 |
2569 |
2527 |
2494 |
2604 |
1978 |
Numbers of people subject to strip search in the last 5 years (2016-2021) by ethnicity.
|
Ethnicity |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
|
Asian - Indian |
6 |
8 |
5 |
7 |
8 |
3 |
|
Asian - Pakistani |
1 |
2 |
5 |
2 |
11 |
10 |
|
Asian - Bangladeshi |
6 |
3 |
10 |
9 |
12 |
3 |
|
Any other Asian background |
13 |
19 |
23 |
18 |
20 |
9 |
|
Black Caribbean |
75 |
59 |
72 |
77 |
55 |
40 |
|
Black African |
42 |
66 |
79 |
70 |
52 |
45 |
|
Any other Black background |
51 |
69 |
67 |
76 |
63 |
49 |
|
Gypsy or Irish Traveller |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
|
White & Black Caribbean |
27 |
27 |
31 |
24 |
24 |
26 |
|
White & Black African |
2 |
10 |
7 |
16 |
18 |
13 |
|
White & Asian |
4 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
7 |
2 |
|
Any other mixed background |
14 |
25 |
31 |
28 |
38 |
35 |
|
Not stated |
118 |
132 |
158 |
160 |
152 |
140 |
|
Chinese |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
Any other ethnic group |
12 |
10 |
12 |
18 |
15 |
10 |
|
White British |
1757 |
1971 |
1903 |
1848 |
1969 |
1459 |
|
White Irish |
16 |
8 |
11 |
11 |
12 |
18 |
|
Any other white background |
91 |
98 |
70 |
93 |
98 |
91 |
|
Not recorded |
27 |
57 |
35 |
32 |
46 |
22 |
|
Total |
2263 |
2569 |
2527 |
2494 |
2604 |
1978 |