Drugs: Stop and Search
(asked on 21st November 2025) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of stop and searches resulted in the seizure of (a) Class A drugs and (b) Class B drugs in each of the last three years.
This question was answered on 2nd December 2025
The data requested is not held centrally.
The Home Office collects and publishes data on the number of stop and searches for drugs. The latest data is available here: Stop and search, arrests, and mental health detentions, March 2025 - GOV.UK
However, data on the class of drug searched for is not collected, nor is information on the type of drugs seized following a stop and search.